The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has issued an order to suspend all types of watercraft, including ferries, in coastal areas due to the low pressure created in the sea and the potential cyclone Remal.
However, no such directive has been issued yet for ferries and other watercraft operating on the country inland water routes.
On Saturday afternoon, BIWTA Joint Director Joynal Abedin confirmed this information to the journalists.
He said that the deep depression formed in the Bay of Bengal could potentially turn into a cyclone. For this reason, all necessary precautions have been taken. Ports have been instructed to display a Level 3 warning signal, and all types of launches and watercraft in coastal areas have been banned. However, what directives will come for launches operating in internal river ports depends on time. Measures will be taken based on the situation.
Referring to the recent spate of money laundering, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah has said that the commission cannot expedite action against criminals due to the delayed arrival of the money laundering complaints from Bangladesh Bank (BB).
“We have nothing to do as most of the time the Bangladesh Bank informs the commission six months after the money laundering takes place,” Abdullah said while addressing a programme on the role of the citizens in curbing corruption held at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday.
At one point in his speech, the ACC chief also raised a question about how the money laundering incident takes place, dodging the attention of the Bangladesh Bank officials.
Over 500 shops and houses were gutted in a fire at the Balukhali Rohingya Camp in Ukhiya of Coxs Bazar on Friday.
The fire that started around 11:00 am was brought under control around 12:00 pm.
Three firefighting units worked to bring the fire under control, said Kamal Hossain, deputy assistant director of Ukhiya Fire Service.
The exact extent of the damage will be known after a survey is conducted, he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
Three of the sources, familiar with discussions in Putin entourage, said the veteran Russian leader had expressed frustration to a small group of advisers about what he views as Western-backed attempts to stymie negotiations and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy decision to rule out talks.
“Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire – to freeze the war,” said another of the four, a senior Russian source who has worked with Putin and has knowledge of top level conversations in the Kremlin.
He, like the others cited in this story, spoke on condition of anonymity given the matter sensitivity.