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Photo: Collected Zillur Rahman, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Aricha office said, "The pressure of passengers and vehicles has increased after intra-district public transport resumed from yesterday," he said. The pressure also increased today due to the weekly holiday. Photo: Collected Currently, out of 16 ferries, three ferries are plying on Paturia-Daulatdia route to ferry passengers and vehicles. A total of 300 hundred vehicles, both small an...

Mad rush home as curbs eased With vehicles plying inside districts, thousands flock to villages ahead of Eid despite govt order not to leave their places Heading home ignoring safety rules: Crammed with homebound passengers, a ferry leaves Shimulia ferry terminal in Munshiganj yesterday morning. Only a few vehicles could board the ferry due to a rush of Eid holidaymakers who did not bother about maintaining health safety rules. Photo: Star Star Report Star Report ...

The apprehension stems from a few factors. As per a new government circular, public transport, including buses and minibuses, will be allowed to operate only inside the territory of each district. Bus operators, however, have pointed out that it will be difficult to enforce since most of the vehicles ply from one stop to another, not based on the territory of the districts.  People will be able to travel beyond the boundary of a district and take a new vehicle to go further, advancing towards ...

People working in different districts are trying to return home, causing traffic jam on the Aricha-Kazirhat ferry ghat on the Jamuna river over the last couple of days. Aricha-Kazirhat ferry ghat is mostly used for movement of goods-laden trucks but a lot of vehicles are seen stranded on both sides of Aricha and Kazirhat due to the added pressure of private cars and microbuses

Hundreds of vehicles queue up at Paturia Ghat ahead of ‘strict lockdown’ Photo: Star Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Around seven hundred vehicles -- 500 light and 200 goods-carrying -- are waiting at Paturia Ghat (ferry terminal) to cross the river as thousands of people are leaving Dhaka for their village homes ahead of the weeklong strict restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus. Passengers travelling wit...

Private vehicles queue up at Manikganj’s Paturia ferry terminal ahead of lockdown Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report The pressure of small vehicles increased today at the Paturia ferry terminal in Manikganj as thousands of people from the southwestern part of the country left Dhaka on private vehicles amid the ban on public transport ahead of the weeklong lockdown starting from April 14. Owners of private vehicles were seen taking pas...

As the country braces for what officials said would be a strict lockdown from tomorrow, thousands of people left Dhaka for their village homes yesterday, ignoring the risks of contracting coronavirus while travelling. With long-haul bus, launch, train and domestic flight services being suspended, people travelled on the back of pickups, by auto-rickshaws, rickshaws and

TIKKA KHAN SWORN IN The Martial Law Administrator Lieutenant General Tikka Khan was sworn in as governor of East Pakistan today. Earlier, after his appointment as both the governor and martial law administrator in East Pakistan on March 8, 1971, Tikka Khan could not find a judge to swear him in as Justice BA Siddiqui, chief justice of the East Pakistan High Court, refused to administer the oath for "reasons of ill health". BANGALEES FLEE TOWNS Bangalees were reported fleeing towns along the Pa...

Story highlights The eight people died in separate incidents in Fulchhari, Palashbari, and Sundarganj Upazilas of the district just before sunset reported local media. Among the deceased, five were identified as Shimuli Begum, 25, Abdul Gaffar, 42, Hafiz Uddin, 44, Jahanara Begum, 50, and Moyna Begum 60.  At least eight people, including three women, were crushed under trees in Gaibandha district of Bangladesh as a violent thunderstorm called nor`westers packed with gale-speed wind, and rain t...

Lt Col Julee BENGALURU: While the training of the first ever batch of women who will be inducted into the rank-and-file of the Indian army is nearly complete, it was not just the new recruits who had to overcome challenges. Lt Col Julee, company commander and the training officer who oversaw the training of the first batch of women sepoys said that from physical deficiencies to emotional issues the cadets faced to the need to sensitise what has so far been a male-only setup posed challenges ev...