All river transport services at Sadarghat were suspended for two hours from 10:30 am on Sunday amid the travel rush before Eid-ul-Fitr. And water vessels at Sadarghat were cleared to set sail at 12:30 pm. 2, said Dinesh Kumar Saha, transport inspector of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, or BIWTA. And 23 vessels had set sail from the capital until 10:30 am on Sunday. Later, launches began preparing to set sail when the weather warning was lifted, said Dinesh.

Source: bd News24 June 02, 2019 06:06 UTC