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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 their destinations their village homes.
Also, a huge number of cars and microbuses continue to carry passengers to and from Dhaka on rent, charging almost double the usual bus fare. The number of such vehicles is expected to go up during the Eid.
26 deaths in speedboat accident: case filed against 4
Locals carry a body in Bangla Bazar Ferry Ghat area of Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila after a speedboat crashed into a sand-laden bulk carrier in the Padma around 7:00am yesterday, leaving 26 people on board the motorboat dead. Photo: Suzit Kumar Das
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
A case was filed in connection with the speedboat accident that killed 26 people, crashing into a sand-laden bulk carrier in the Padma river in Madaripur.
Naval police filed the case with Shibchar Police Station early today accusing four people, reports our Faridpur correspondent quoting Miraj Hosen, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Speedboats unregulated for decade
Right under the authorities noses, unskilled drivers have been operating unregistered speedboats on the Padma s Shimulia-Bangla Bazar route for over a decade.
The issue has come into the limelight after one such motorboat crashed into a sand-laden bulk carrier near Bangla Bazar Ferry Ghat in Madaripur s Shibchar upazila on Monday morning, leaving 26 passengers, including women and children, dead.
Sources in the Shimulia Ferry Terminal in Munshiganj said around 400 speedboats are operated on the route, flouting the safety rules.
Only a few of them have registrations while the rest are operating illegally, said an official of the Department of Shipping (DoS), a government body authorised to regulate the country s water transports.
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When will the responsible authorities be held accountable?
Locals carry a body in Bangla Bazar Ferry Ghat area of Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila after a speedboat crashed into a sand-laden bulk carrier in the Padma, leaving 26 people on board the motorboat dead. Photo: Suzit Kumar Das
Twenty-six people tragically died in the Padma river in Madaripur on May 3 when a speedboat capsized after crashing into a sand-laden bulk carrier. According to one of the survivors of the crash, the driver was not skilled at manoeuvring the speedboat and was driving haphazardly from the beginning.
Multiple government officials are now saying that speedboat services on this river route are illegal during normal times. Then why was this speedboat running when there is a lockdown in place? Even more alarmingly, the speedboat was not registered and its driver did not even have a licence. According to different government officials, this apparently is the norm, as around 400 speedboats are ope