Restuarant, party host fined Tk 1 lakh for violating Covid norms in Chandpur

A mobile court in Chandpur has fined Tk one lakh each to a restaurant and the organiser of a post-wedding party at the venue for violating Covid prevention protocols.

Executive magistrate Mohammad Ujjal Hossain on Friday fined Rasuighar Chinese Restaurant and Party Centre in Chandpur district town and Abdul Latif of Faridganj upazila Tk 50,000 each for not adhering to government's Covid guidelines.

Ujjal Hossain said the local administration has issued guidelines to contain the spread of coronavirus as the country has been of late seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases as well as deaths.

Besides, the mobile court also fined nine people Tk 1,900 for ignoring Covid health guidelines across the district town on the same day.