Manikganj wedding stopped; bride, groom on home-quarantine

The local administration has sent the bride and the bridegroom on quarantine in Saturia upazila after stopping the wedding ceremony which drew a mass gathering.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashraful Islam said he conducted a drive at Patilapara village on Thursday night and stopped the marriage ceremony.

The bride and bridegroom were sent on quarantine for 14 days while a local UP member was fined Tk 10,000 through a mobile court for assisting the marriage, he added.

As the country struggling to fight against Covid-19, the government has declared public holidays since March 26 and asked people to avoid mass gathering to limit transmission of coronavirus.Bangladesh has so far recorded 75 deaths and 1,838 cases.

source: UNB