Chaos unfolds as Bangladeshis travel homeward in pandemic
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 11 May 2021 12:16 PM BdST Updated: 11 May 2021 01:20 PM BdST Large crowds of Eid returnees are still flocking to the Shimulia port despite the strict measures in place to curb transmission of the coronavirus. "); } Bangladesh has deployed paramilitary and police personnel to monitor the roads leading to the port. Lines of vehicles lengthen on either side of security checkpoints. That has not stopped the constant flow of determined returnees, some of whom are getting off vehicles on one side of the checkpoint, crossing them and then boarding...