Owners urge govt to reopen restaurants 23 May 2021
Imran Hasan, Secretary General of Bangladesh Restaurant Owner\ s Association speaking at a press conference held in the capital on Saturday. Top leaders of the association were also present.
Business Desk:
Bangladesh Restaurant Owner s Association has urged the government to allow them to reopen their hotels and restaurants following health guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.
They made the demand at a press conference on Saturday.
Imran Hassan, secretary general of the association, said they are going through quite a difficult time. We do not know what is waiting in future. The restaurant sector is one of the most damaged sectors in this pandemic.
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Focus Bangla
Protests against a week-long COVID-19 lockdown imposed in Bangladesh spread to 20 locations across the country on Tuesday, a day after police said one person was killed and others were injured when law enforcement officials fired at demonstrators in the south-central district of Faridpur.
Law enforcement officials were injured as well in Monday’s violence in Faridpur, district police chief Md. Alimuzzaman told reporters.
“Eight members of RAB and police were also injured in the incident,” Alimuzzaman said, referring to the elite anti-crime police unit Rapid Action Battalion.
Police and members of Ansar, a paramilitary auxiliary force, fired 588 shots and 32 tear gas shells during the clashes in Faridpur that began around 6 p.m. on Monday and lasted five hours, police told journalists.
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