The shipping ministry, with the financial support of the World Bank, will dredge the Chattogram-Dhaka- Ashuganj waterways and set up terminals to enhance capacity of the shipping corridor and improve the security system. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and two contractors signed an agreement in this connection at a city hotel on Saturday, .
The ruling Awami League and its affiliated organisations have filed most of the cases under the Digital Security Act (DSA) in the last 26 months since January 2020, according to a study. Activists of different political parties and journalists are mostly victims in these cases. The ruling party has filed 206 out of 890 cases during this period, it added.