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Photo: Star Personal vehicles and trucks are not being allowed to board the ferries. At present, there are 350 goods-laden vehicles in Shimulia ghat area, waiting to cross the river. Md Hilal Uddin, Mawa traffic police inspector, said a ferry left Shimulia for Banglabazar with seven ambulances around 7:40am. Another ferry left around 9:55am. Two ferries reached Shimulia from Banglabazar. Meantime, 12 trawlers have been seized from different points near Shimulia for carrying passengers, violating the government instructions, said Mawa Naval Police In-charge Sirajul Kabir. At least 20 trawler d...

7th May, 2021 11:14:58 People in their thousands are leaving the capital for their village home by any means and thronging markets without paying any heed to safety protocols. An overcrowded ferry is seen heading towards Kathalbari Ghat from Mawa (left). People are seen completing their Eid shopping at New Market in the capital (right). These photos were taken on Friday. – SUN PHOTO Despite the ongoing countrywide lockdown, all the markets and shopping malls in the capital witnessed huge crowd while homebound people swarmed onto roads and ferry ghats in violation of health guidelines. Wit...

Homegoers would stop at nothing People crowd the pontoon and beyond as they try to get on one of the few ferries that were operated between Shimulia of Munshiganj and Khathalbari across the Padma. Unable to manage the surge of people heading home for Eid, the authorities had to run a few ferries yesterday. Photo: Star People are heading home for Eid in droves. Despite the pandemic, the subsequent restrictions on movement, officials made to stay at their work stations, and suspension of inter-district public transport, people in their thousands left for their village homes yesterday. They le...

Mad rush of homebound people at Paturia terminal UNB 8th May, 2021 09:43:21 Paturia ferry terminal saw a mad rush of homebound people ahead of Eid despite a so-called decision of  Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) to suspend  day time ferry services. The corporation took the decision late Friday night to suspend daytime ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Banglabazar routes from Saturday morning as per government instructions to curb the spread of coronavirus infection ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. However, three ferries were selected to transport ambulances and hea...

BGB deployed on Paturia-Daulatdia, Shimulia-Banglabazar routes UNB 9th May, 2021 12:50:39 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) teams have been deployed on the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Banglabazar routes in Manikganj and Munshiganj from tonight to stop the mad rush of homebound people. Md Shariful Islam, Public relations officer of the  BGB headquarters confirmed the development to UNB. He warned that strict actions will be taken against those gathering at the ferry terminals despite suspension on water vessels plying  from tomorrow. Earlier today, Paturia ferry terminal saw a mad rush of hom...