1.32 lakh movement passes issued till this afternoon
A total of 132,879 movement passes were issued from 11am yesterday to 12:50pm today -- for going out on the first day of the weeklong "strict lockdown" imposed by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19.
According to Police Headquarters, the number of total visitors to the "movement pass" app was 27,879,495, which was 14,557 per minute around 2:00pm.
The number of total registrations on the app was 222,229 at the time.
Farhan Kabir, assistant superintendent of Police Headquarters, said "movement pass" was one of the most popular searches on Google in Bangladesh during the period.
"We had no idea that the app will get such response," the ASP said.
"We are now preparing a back-up so that the app can operate more smoothly," he said.
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