A stone-laden truck plunged into the the Turag River in Tongi, Gazipur as a bailey bridge over the river collapsed early Saturday, disrupting traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.
Gazipur Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner NM Nasir Uddin said the stone-laden truck fell into the river due to the collapse of the bridge and vehicles bound for Gazipur are now being redirected through Kamarpara.
He said traffic of the other routes through the newly-constructed bridge over the Turag River remains unaffected.
The residents of Dhaka woke up to a blanket of dense fog on Saturday morning as temperatures dropped significantly, disrupting daily life.
The city experienced a chilly 16 degrees Celsius, according to the Met Office bulletin issued on Friday.
A thick layer of fog enveloped the city, forcing vehicles to use headlights during daylight hours.
Commuters struggled to find transport in time due to poor visibility.
Adviser of the Interim Government on Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism A F Hassan Ariff died of a massive cardiac arrest at a city hospital this afternoon.
He was 85.
Hassan Ariff died of a massive cardiac arrest at 3.35pm today at Labaid hospital in the city, PRO of civil aviation and tourism ministry Mahbub Rahman Tuhin told BSS.
The adviser was brought to the hospital emergency unit around 3pm and doctors declared him dead at 3:35 pm after following all protocol, said Labaid Media Manager Chowdhury Meher-e Khoda.
The Economist, a London-based prestigious magazine, has declared Bangladesh the country of the year for 2024, referring to the "recognition of the efforts of student-led street protests” that toppled an autocratic regime.
The prestigious magazine made the announcement on its website on December 19, saying “Our winner is Bangladesh, which also overthrew an autocrat.”
Syria became the runner-up in recognition of ending half a century of depraved dynastic dictatorship by ousting Bashar al-Assad on
December 8 last.
The Economist highlighted that in August, student-led street protests forced out Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled the country of 175m for 15 years, and described how a daughter of an independence hero became repressive, rigging elections, jailing opponents and ordering the security forces to shoot protesters.