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Bangladesh's export-oriented factories to reopen amid COVID-19 lockdown
Published: Aug 02, 2021 11:36 AM
Thousands of people, mostly garment workers, Saturday used ferries and even walked to reach back to their places of employment in the industrial belts in and around Bangladesh capital Dhaka as the government decided to allow export-oriented factories to resume production on Aug. 1 amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.

Two ferries are seen full of passengers at a terminal in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

Two ferries are seen full of passengers at a terminal in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
People are on their way back to work in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

People are on their way back to work in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
People are on their way back to work in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

People are on their way back to work in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
People get off a ferry at a terminal in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

People get off a ferry at a terminal in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 31, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)