<span style="color: black;">Government of Bangladesh has decided to further extend the general holidays in the country from 16 May to 30 May.<br />''Confirming this to media, the state minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said on Wednesday that the measure has been taken to control the spread of Corona virus in the country. He said strict restrictions will be imposed on transportation during the period of the general holidays.Vehicles will not be allowed on the road four days before Eid and two days afterwards. No inter-district movement of vehicles will be allowed during this period.<br />'' <br />''In the meanwhile, Bangladesh on Wednesday reported the highest single day case of deat<a name="m_7749075007850137637__GoBack"></a>hs and new infections caused by Corona virus in the country.<br />''According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 19 people died due to Corona infection in the country over the last 24 hours since Tuesday taking the death toll to 269.<br />''Announcing this to media through a virtual briefing Addl. Director General of DGHS Prof. Nasima Sultana informed that 1162 fresh Corona positive cases were reported in the country during the same period. With this the total number of Corona positive people in Bangladesh has gone up to 17822.<br />''<br />''However, 211 people also recovered taking the total number of recovered persons to 3361 in the country. <br />''A total of 7900 samples were collected for testing at 41 authorised centres in the country.<br />''<br />''According to DGHS, Corona infections have now been reported from all the 64 districts of the country. Dhaka city is the worst affected with 59.45 percent of all the Corona cases in the country while Dhaka division accounts for over 80 percent of the Corona cases.<br />''Bangladesh had reported the first Corona positive case on March 18.</span><br />