Announcement of suspension of all types of launch operations across the country

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has decided to stop all types of passenger launches across the country due to the impact of the cyclone ‘Sitrang’.

BIWTA Director (Traffic) Rafiqul Islam confirmed this information to Dhaka Mail on Monday (October 24) morning.

He said, after giving signal number 2, the movement of small launches was stopped, now the movement of small launches was stopped. Now there is a signal number three. As a result, we have ordered all types of passenger launches to be stopped. The launch will be stopped until further orders.

Meanwhile, according to the Deota information of the Department of Abhawa, the river ports of Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jhalkathi, Pirojpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barisal, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, Chittagong and Cox's Bazar district have been asked to show 3 (3) Naval Danger Signal (re) 3 (3) No. 3 (Three) No.