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Bangladesh long-route transport services resume after suspension amid COVID-19
By Xinhua Published: May 25, 2021 08:28 AM
Passengers are seen at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)

Passengers are seen at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A passenger boards a bus at a terminal in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)

A passenger boards a bus at a terminal in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Passengers wait for their train at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)

Passengers wait for their train at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A worker sprays disinfectant to a train at a terminal in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)

A worker sprays disinfectant to a train at a terminal in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 24, 2021. After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
After a nearly seven-week suspension amid the COVID-19 lockdown, long-route bus, train and ferry services in Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday as the government eased pandemic restrictions.

The Bangladeshi government on Sunday extended the countrywide lockdown to May 30 but eased restrictions on long-route public transport services, which were suspended since early last month.

The government decided to resume public transport services from midnight Sunday on the condition of people complying with the health rules, according to the latest circular issued by the country's Cabinet Division on Sunday.

The decision came amid a slow down in the increase of new cases and fatalities in recent days.

On Monday, the country's Directorate General of Health Services reported 1,441 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 new deaths, bringing the number of total cases to 790,521 and the death toll to 12,401.

According to the official data, the COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is 1.57 percent and the current recovery rate is 92.54 percent.

To combat COVID-19, Bangladesh declared a seven-day lockdown effective from April 5, which was later extended with strict measures in phases to May 23, and extended again till May 30.