Dense fog disrupts ferry services
Sun Online Desk
22nd January, 2021 09:44:26
Dense fog forced the suspension of ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Banglabazar routes on Friday morning
In Manikganj, authorities suspended the service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route to avoid accidents as the ferry s marking lights became dim as the fog thickened.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Aricha office trade department manager Salam Hossain said the ferry service was suspended from 2:30pm on Friday.
Meanwhile, the number of waiting vehicles has increased in both the ferry terminals of the route due to the closure of ferry services.
Hundreds of vehicles carrying goods and passengers were stuck at both ends of the river route.
Dense fog disrupts ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia ghat for six hours
Around 300 vehicles including goods-laden trucks were stuck at Paturia-Dalatdia ghat following suspension of the ferry service. Photo: Collected Star Online Report Star Online Report
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia ghat, on the Padma river, resumed six hours after being suspended due to dense fog.
The ferry service was suspended, to avoid any type of accident in the river amid dense fog, around 12:00am, Md Zillur Rahman, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC at Aricha office, told our Manikganj correspondent.
The service resumed around 6:30am when the fog cleared, he said.
Farmers in North fear crop loss
Forced to spend extra money to save potato, Boro seedlings
Braving extreme cold temperatures, an elderly farm worker clears weeds in a crop field in Lalmonirhat. Photo: Collected Star Report Star Report
Potato and Boro farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing a huge loss this season due to adverse weather.
The bone-chilling cold, coupled with fog, imposes the risk of affecting seedlings. Besides, the production costs is skyrocketing for additional measures taken to cope with the weather, they said.
Habib Mohammad Ahasanur Rahman, a farmer of Shingia village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, said, Our production cost is skyrocketing as we have to use fungicide. Otherwise, the potato might be affected by blight disease.
Govt to procure 3cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines with Tk 1,271.55cr
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DHAKA, Jan 21, 2021 (BSS) – The government will procure some three crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Serum Institute of India on emergency state purpose through Direct Procurement Method (DPM) with a cost of Taka 1,271.55 crore to effectively deal with this pandemic.
The approval came from a virtual meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Kamal said the day’s meeting approved a total of eight proposals involving an overall cost of around Taka 2,059.42 crore. “Of the total cost, he said around Taka 1,870.82 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh portion while around Taka 188.60 crore from the local banking sources as loan,”
Ferry services resume on Paturia-Daulatdia route after 8 hours
Sun Online Desk
19th January, 2021 12:31:22
Ferry movement on the Paturia-Daulatdia route has resumed after eight hours of suspension to avert any untoward incident due to dense fog.
The ferry movement resumed after 11:00 am on Tuesday when the dense fog started to disappear,
Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), Paturia terminal, Zillur Rahman said the ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route was suspended from 3:00 am on Tuesday due to poor visibility as the dense fog blanketed the river route.
The authorities suspended ferry services because of low visibility to avoid unwanted incidents, he said.