World in woes amid invasion by corona pandemic

Eerie silence in a bustling megacity

News Special:

An eerie silence has descendent upon
one of the most overpopulated and
bustling cities on earth not because
of any war but because of the dread
of an unknown enemy no less horrific
than a war.

Under a government order for a
countrywide shutdown in the wake of
invasion by the global pandemic,
most people of Dhaka, the capital of
Bangladesh, locked themselves into
their houses fearing the possible
infection of novel coronavirus
(COVID-19), reports Saiful Anam,
News Today staff writer.

Reports from rural areas said
villages also look deserted with
people keeping indoors on their own
or for police and army patrol
hemming them in.

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