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BIWTA resumes all launch services
Staff Correspondent | Published: 13:42, May 28,2021
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Friday resumed all launch services across the country after three days.
Earlier on May 25 the authority shut down all launch services from 3:00pm due to Cyclone Yaas.
After the cyclone made landfall in Odisha on May 26, the BIWTA resumed movement of launches with two engines or more next day on May 27 from 12:00pm.
In a press release issued on Friday, the authority said that as there were no big influence of the cyclone and the weather was risk free the services of launches with one engine was resumed from Friday 9:00am.