Getting Back to Work: Full of Eid holidaymakers returning to Dhaka from their village homes, a ferry arrives at Shimulia Ferry Terminal in Munshiganj from Banglabazar in Madaripur on Sunday — bdnews24.com People have started returning to Dhaka as public and private offices as well as business establishments reopened on Sunday after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr at their village home.
Despite suspension of public transport services, the holidaymakers, mostly jobholders came either by rented private cars or CNG-run auto-rickshaws, leaving their family members at their village home due to the worsening coronavirus situation.
"I reached Babubazar Bridge in the capital from Mawa by auto-rickshaw paying Tk 1,000 as fare," Mirza Md Monir, a private service-holder, told the FE on Sunday.
He said many people had to suffer a lot mainly due to lack of public transports along with high fares.
Earlier, the government asked the officials and employees of public and private organisations not to leave the city during Eid holidays, considering the prevailing coronavirus situation.
But many of them went to their village home to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones despite restrictions on public transports.
Visiting the Bangladesh Secretariat, the administrative hub of the country, the FE correspondent found a thin presence of the officials and employees at different ministries.
However, officials at some ministries including health and family welfare remain engaged in providing emergency services. But officials at other ministries were seen exchanging Eid greetings with each other.
Transactions at different public and private commercial banks were insignificant on Sunday due to poor presence of the clients.
Visiting different public and private commercial banks, the FE correspondent found that bank officials were exchanging Eid greetings with each other and doing their official work.
"The presence of clients at our branch today (Sunday) is poor compared to previous days," Manager of Rupali Bank, Rajarbagh Branch Mohammad Faisal Iftekhar told the FE on Sunday.
Shopping malls and markets remained shut but kitchen markets remained open in the city.
Some public buses were operating on different routes in the capital with an insignificant number of passengers.
CNG-run auto-rickshaws, rickshaws and private cars were dominating the city roads.
Many people with their family members were seen travelling by CNG auto-rickshaws and rickshaws to visit the houses of their relatives but drivers and rickshaw-pullers were overcharging them.
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