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DMP orders superstores, kitchen markets shut by 7pm amid coronavirus crisis
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police ordered superstores and kitchen markets in Dhaka to close by 7pm every day as the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh continued to intensify.
Published : 6 April 2020, 10:46 AM
Updated : 6 April 2020, 11:57 AM
All other corner shops in residential areas must shut by 2pm, according to DMP Commissioner Shafiqul Islam.
But drugstores and emergency services are exempted from the order,
Shops that defy the directive will be forced to shut down in the public interest, he told bdnews24.com on Monday.
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