Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity has decided to close down all shopping complexes and malls from March 25 to 31 across the country over the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping all over the world.
However, kitchen markets, pharmaceuticals and grocery stores and super-shops will remain open.
In a meeting, the Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity leaders took the decision considering the interest of shop owners and the safety of the workers as well as owners.
“There is no presence of customers in the shopping malls due to the coronavirus panic, while the staffs of the shopping complexes are unwilling to join work places,” Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity president Helal Uddin told Dhaka Tribune.
Since there were no sales and the shop owners have to incur the expenses of utility services charges, the platform of the shop owners decided to shut shopping malls till March 31, said Helal.
But kitchen markets, pharmacies and grocery stores and supper shops will remain open for the sake of people so that they can buy daily essential commodities, he added.
He said further decision will be made after observation till March 31.
