The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has suspended all domestic flights in the country from Mar 25.

CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mofidur Rahman made the announcement on Tuesday (Mar 24).

Earlier in the day, the government suspended all public road transport from Mar 26 till Apr 4.

Similarly, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) suspended all passenger launch services across the country while Bangladesh Railway Authority suspended all local, commuter, and mail train services.

As of Monday, Bangladesh confirmed three coronavirus deaths since the outbreak of the deadly pandemic in the country. The number of total infected now stands at 33.

On the same day, Bangladesh government declared a 10-day shutdown, effective from Mar 26 to Apr 4, to battle the spread of the coronavirus.

Both the private and public sectors, except emergency services, would come to a temporary halt.

Educational institutions will stay closed during this period but banks will remain open to facilitate the financial transaction for their clients.

On the other hand, Bangladesh’s armed forces has started assisting the administration in every divisional and district town from Tuesday, to ensure that people maintain social distance and are taking precautionary measures to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading further.

Covid-19, a new strain of coronavirus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan has killed at least 16,558 people across the world and infected 381,649 till date.

At least 102,429 people have recovered from the virus which has spread to 195 countries.