The countrywide week-long strict lockdown to tackle transmission of coronavirus entered the third day on Friday.
Member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stopping a man to inquire about movement purpose at GPO area on Friday, April 16, 2021 Focus Bangla
As it was a weekly holiday, traffic congestion was minimal compared to the huge traffic jams witnessed across Dhaka on Thursday. Most roads and intersection across the country remained empty.
In this aerial view of the ever-busy Motijheel intersection, the road seems empty as most people stayed home on Friday, April 16, 2021 Courtesy: Mominul Islam Momin
Police are stopping almost every car to inquire about movement purpose in Bogra on Friday, April 16, 2021 Dhaka Tribune
Young children seem to enjoy the empty roads as they were seen playing a cricket on the street.
Young children enjoying a game of cricket on empty streets in Gaibandha on Friday, April 16, 2021Focus Bangla
Muslims across the country participated in Jummah prayer on the third day of the Ramadan maintaining social distancing and health safety rules as much possible.
Jummah prayer at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Friday, April 16, 2021Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune
Police and other law enforcement agencies were vigilant at important roads and intersections in Dhaka and across the country to control the movement of the people.
Police stopping a truck to inquire about movement purpose in Barisal on Friday, April 16, 2021Dhaka Tribune
Police closing a road by using abandoned vehicles as barricade in Dhaka's Gulistan area on Friday, April 16 2021Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune
An empty check post set up to control traffic movement amid the lockdown in Brahmanbaria's Ashuganj on Friday, April 16, 2021Focus Bangla
People were seen going to different places using their movement pass issued by the police.
People were seen using rickshaw to move around the city amid lockdown in Gulistan area on Friday, April 16, 2021Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune
In some places, kitchen markets were open and people gathered in numbers to buy daily essentials.
Kitchen markets were open in some places. The photo was taken from Gazipur on Friday, April 16, 2021 Dhaka Tribune
Many people went to the kitchen market in Gazipur on Friday, April 16, 2021Dhaka Tribune
Although the government imposed fresh restrictions on public movement and overall activities with an announcement of closure of all government and non-government offices for eight days from April 14 to contain the spread of Covid-19, some organizations are out of the purview of the ban.
Barricades were set up using bamboo to ensure people follow lockdown rules in Bogra on Friday, April 16, 2021Dhaka Tribune
Bangladesh has been again seeing a steep rise in Covid-19 deaths and infections in the last few weeks, taking the tally of the total infected to 711,779 and fatalities to 10,182 till Friday.
