Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- After six months of closure due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to reopen all museums and heritage sites under the Department of Archaeology on a limited scale from Wednesday.

"We are reopening the archaeological sites and museums from tomorrow (Wednesday), as the government approved our application for reopening. Earlier we had proposed the Cultural Affairs Ministry to reopen the country's heritage sites on a limited scale by maintaining health guidelines, and the approval order came to us today", Director-General of the Archaeology Department Md Hannan Mia told UNB.

"As we have stopped welcoming the visitors and tourists in all our archaeological sites and museums since the beginnin...