The law-enforcement agency has opened a website for citizens to register and apply for the travel clearance. The service, however, is currently in the pilot stage but will fully launch soon, according to the website. Vehicles are currently moving in and out of Dhaka and other districts in the name of emergency movement, a police officer told bdnews24.com. The number of coronavirus patients has been on the rise in Dhaka and other parts of the country. Globally, over 4.9 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 328,115 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Source: bd News24 May 21, 2020 08:03 UTC