Dhaka, April 13 -- The holders of the pass will be able to move uninterrupted on roads, the Police Headquarters said in a statement on Monday.

Citizens will need to apply for the pass via a mobile phone app called 'Movement Pass'. Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed is expected to launch the app on Tuesday.

The pass will be applicable in Dhaka and outside the capital.

Besides people involved in emergency services or goods transport, traders and jobholders will be given the pass after verification, an official at the Police Headquarters said.

The Cabinet Division in a set of new lockdown rules ordered a shutdown of all offices, banks and public transports. The government, however, allowed factories to remain open.

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