Postal services to continue on limited scale during shutdown 

All general and main post offices across the country will remain open from 10am to 1pm from Sunday during the period of COVID-19 shutdown, a notice issued by the government has said.

The Department of Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology issued the letter on Thursday, ordering all postal service employees to join offices from next week.

Apart from that, Post Office Savings Bank transactions, including e-commerce, parcel and mobile money orders, will be conducted in a limited scale, reports bdnews24.com.

The government announced a general holiday, initially from Mar 26-Apr 4 before extending it to Apr 11, in a bid to reduce the risk of a further outbreak.

But the shutdown order will not apply to emergency services such as electricity, water, gas, fire services, cleaning activities, telephone, newspapers and the internet.