Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will unveil a work plan on Sunday to overcome the possible economic impact on the country due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
"The prime minister will announce the work plan through a press conference at 10am from her official Ganabhaban residence," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said on Saturday, reports BSS.
Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar, as well as private television channels and radio stations, will broadcast the press conference live, he added.
In the press conference, the premier is set to make an announcement on new incentive packages, the press secretary confirmed it in a statement issued on Thursday.
A high-level meeting in this connection was held at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday evening with Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Earlier on March 25, Prime Minister Hasina announced a Tk5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented industries – mostly to pay the salaries and wages of the workers and employees in the sector.
The country's economy has taken a blow since the Covid-19 pandemic made its way into Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, the government initiated a countrywide shutdown of all activities, except essential services, from March 26 till April 4 in order to enforce social distancing, a strategy crucial for slowing the spread of Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, which is extremely contagious.
The shutdown was later extended till April 11.
In another development, the authorities on Saturday extended the ongoing suspension on the operation of all public transport until April 11, to stem the spread of coronavirus.
As of Saturday, Bangladesh has so far recorded eight deaths from Covid-19, a pandemic announced by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The fast spreading coronavirus, which was first reported in China's Wuhan, has claimed 59,228 lives and infected 1,118,723 people across the world till 2:05pm on Saturday, according to worldometer.
As many as 229,281 people have recovered from Covid-19, a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, which has spread to 205 countries and territories across the planet.
