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Huge rush for return to city Please come back after 14 days: DGHS 17 May 2021 A Dhaka-bound passengers disembark a ferry after Eid holidays on Sunday. This photo was taken from Shimulia Ferry terminal in Munshiganj. Staff Reporter : As Eid holidays are over, now thousands of holidaymakers from south-western districts overcrowded the ferry terminals in a bid to return to Dhaka to join their workplaces. They are flocking to Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Banglabazar ferry ghats to cross the river and reach the capital as offices reopened on Sunday following a three-day vacation. The returnees seemed hardly concerned about maintaining hygiene rules although there is an alarming Covid surge in neighbouring India and Nepal. ....
Munshiganj Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 10 May 2021 12:25 PM BdST Updated: 10 May 2021 12:25 PM BdST Police have seized six trawlers and their operators for violating travel restrictions on the Shimulia-Banglabazar river route by transporting passengers across the Padma River. ); } Despite the risks of the pandemic and the travel restrictions, the trawlers tried to ferry passengers across the Padma River near the port at Shimulia to Madaripur’s Banglabazar, Kathalbari or Shariatpur’s Majhikandi, said Mawa River Police Inspector Sirajul Kabir. Most of the passengers on the trawlers were women and children. Police took the passengers back and detained the trawlers and their sailors. ....
Health guidelines largely ignored 10th May, 2021 11:34:09 A large number of people are still struggling to leave the capital for their village homes to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr though the government is trying to keep people in homes amid the surge in coronavirus cases. The travellers were not following the health guidelines, including maintaining social distancing. Even, many of them were not wearing face masks to protect themselves from the deadly coronavirus. Despite barricades on roads, suspension of ferry movement on river channels, home-goers, including women and children boarding in various small vehicles, are also thronging towards roads, highways and ferry ghats. The authorities deployed Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Shimulia-Bangla Bazar and Paturia-Daulatdia ferry ghats on Sunday morning to stop the streams of the home-bound people and vehicles. But, thousands of people hoping to make their way home for Eid are still swelling at both the ferry ghats t ....
Munshiganj Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 09 May 2021 03:03 PM BdST Updated: 09 May 2021 03:03 PM BdST Despite the suspension on daytime ferries and the deployment of BGB troops, the crowds of people hoping to make their way home for Eid are still swelling at Shimulia, a river port. ); } Thousands of people still came to the port on Sunday morning to try and secure passage to the southern districts. The crowd only increased in size as the day wore on. Though the BIWTC had operated 15 ferries overnight, it suspended the services in the morning. However, ‘Ferry Faridpur’ did leave Pier 1 around 7:45 am with eight ambulances on board. ....
Editorial Desk Published: 06 May 2021, 19:45 After 26 people died in a speedboat capsize in Kathalbari of Madaripur, it came to light that the speedboat was being operated without a license. The driver didn’t have a license either. There are several hundred speedboats running from the jetty and drivers of most of these motorboats are under 18. Speedboats are also being operated by 14 or 15-year-olds. Speedboats are not only running in Kathalbari without licences, but also from all jetties. Forty-three people died several days ago after a sand-laden bulkhead hit a passenger launch in Shitalakshya river. The bulk head owned by a lawmaker was also being operated without a licence. ....