The secretariat and government offices in 19 districts will remain open on Friday (May 3) to tackle cyclone ‘Fani’ which is expected to make landfall in the coastal areas by midnight.
Weekly holidays at all the ministries including the disaster management and shipping ministry have been cancelled.
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has is currently at his own constituency at Dinajpur.
Control rooms have been opened in all the districts expected to be hit by the storm as well as the disaster management ministry and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA).
The employees of all government offices have been ordered to remain at their work stations.