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Curbs extended but relaxed
Inter-district bus, train, launch to operate
A man peeps into a ticket counter of the almost empty Chattogram Railway Station yesterday to see if tickets were being sold. Rumours started spreading in the port city yesterday that the government would allow inter-district public transport that had been suspended to curb the spread of coronavirus. The restrictions were partially lifted yesterday. Photo: Rajib Raihan Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Inter-district bus, train and launch services will resume across the country on the condition that they operate at half their capacity for a week.
The cabinet division in a circular yesterday lifted the coronavirus restrictions on almost everything, except the educational institutions.
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Published: 07 May 2021 04:07 PM BdST
Updated: 07 May 2021 06:55 PM BdST
Heavy crowds of people returning home for Eid have descended on Munshiganj’s Shimulia port despite pandemic health restrictions. );
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The number of ferry passengers has increased because launches and speedboats are not allowed to operate, said Md Shafiqul Islam, assistant general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation. Thousands of people travelling to southern Bangladesh break pandemic rules to cross the Padma River, at the port at Munshiganj’s Shimulia on May 7, 2021, amid the ongoing lockdown.
Unable to cope with the onrush of passengers, some ferries have departed without a single vehicle on board. As a result, over a thousand freight and private vehicles are congesting the area around the port.
Bangladesh: Dozens dead, several missing after ferry sinks
The double-decker ferry packed with passengers capsized after being hit by a cargo vessel from the rear. Rescue workers were searching for survivors late into the night.
Thousands in Bangladesh were rushing home on ferries after the government announced a seven-day lockdown from April 5.
Emergency crews recovered at least 25 bodies after a passenger ferry sank, officials said on Monday.
Nine people remain missing, said fire and civil defense official Ershad Hossain.
The small ferry packed was packed with more than 50 passengers when it collided with another boat in central Bangladesh on Sunday evening.
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