"To mitigate hardship to the public, select additional activities have been allowed, which will come into effect from April 20," it said. Export industries, such as garments, will also be permitted to begin production, said Industries Minister Hammad Azhar, adding that the government had made an assessment of the sectors least vulnerable to infection. India has 11,439 infections, government data showed on Wednesday, a jump of 10,076 from the previous day. Widespread contagion could be disastrous for the millions living in dense slums in South Asia, where health services are overstretched. In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, hundreds of workers defied a government lockdown to take to the streets demanding wages.

Source: bd News24 April 15, 2020 07:18 UTC