Forest Department has cancelled the Eid holiday of its staff, including the officials and rangers, working in the Sundarbans. The department has also asked to intensify patrolling inside the Sundarbans, reports our Bagerhat correspondent
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Banks to remain open on April 30
The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to keep their doors open and run operations on a limited scale on April 30, a public holiday, in order to settle the increased number of financial transactions ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. In 2022, the number of banking transactions have increased substantially year-on-year, which has also fuelled cash withdrawals and deposits ... Read more
Eid exodus picks up momentum
Dhaka people brave rain, jam, and waterlogging to go home Torrential rain since early yesterday morning put many heading home for the Eid holidays in trouble getting to bus, train and launch terminals in the capital. The perennial congestion and the usual chaos of Dhaka were, however, easing off despite waterlogging and tailbacks on some ... Read more
Auto-rickshaws, taxicabs drivers take excessive fares
Auto rickshaw and taxicab drivers are demanding excessive fares from passengers during the Eid holiday. Drivers argue that due to a rise in daily deposits and an unwillingness of police and owners, they have to charge extra fares from commuters. Mohammad Anisul Haque, a traveller who reached Kamlapur railway station in Dhaka from
Returnees’ rush expected on Friday and Saturday
People have started coming back to the capital in small numbers after celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr in their home towns and villages. Public and private bus operators said that most of the people would return to Dhaka on Friday and Saturday. The Bangladesh Railway’s divisional railway manager (Dhaka), Sardar Shahzad Ali, told
Frenetic departure from city on
Bus, train and launch terminals in Dhaka witnessed a mad rush on Friday as holidaymakers continued frenetic departure from the city defying all the hassles of journey involved to celebrate Eid with families in their country homes. Passengers, mostly garment workers from Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur, headed home in
Rush for home begins today
Eid Holidays Rush for home begins today With the Eid-ul-Fitr now only days away, a mass exodus from capital will begin today as a six-day-long public holiday commences tomorrow. Thousands of people have already bought advance bus and train tickets to go to village homes to celebrate the festival with their families
Lock houses for security
Shahara tells Eid holidaymakers, sees no crimes Residents of Dhaka city, before going on Eid holiday, should lock their houses, Home Minister Shahara Khatun said yesterday. She added that the government had been taking security measures, though. There is concern over security during the Eid vacation as many people leave Dhaka before the
Homebound trips turn nightmare
Eid holidaymakers suffer in tailbacks on battered highways Those who came out smiling in the struggle to get bus tickets to go home for Eid now endure more as travel time to most destinations outside Dhaka has doubled with the mad rush home getting into its stride. However, battered roads, congested highways and delayed ferries ... Read more