Border with India to remain closed for another 14 days

The government has decided to close border with India for another 14 days till July 14 to check Covid-19 transmission in the country.

The decision was taken in an inter-ministerial virtual meeting held with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in the chair on Monday.

Bangladesh has reported a record-high number of daily Covid-19 infections after confirming its first cases on March 8 last year and 7,626 on April 7.

On Monday, 8,364 people were diagnosed with the disease, in 35,059 sample tests, in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s growing caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 896,770.

Earlier, the government extended the border closure with India for a number of times and it was extended till June 30 before today’s latest extension.

The government closed the border with India but cargoes carrying goods are allowed to operate as usual.

As per the previous decision, general movements of humans between Bangladesh and India will temporarily stay suspended through land ports.