Thousands of workers are heading home to celebrate Eid, causing severe traffic congestion in the Chandra tri-mohor area of Gazipur. A 15-kilometre tailback has stretched from Chandra to the Konabari flyover on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, with long-distance buses stuck for hours in some places.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Manjur Morshed Chowdhury, and Inspector General of Police Md Ali Hossain Fakir are scheduled to visit Jungle Salimpur in Sitakunda, Chattogram, on Sunday, May 31.
Multiple international and domestic flights have been cancelled or delayed at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram due to adverse weather conditions, causing suffering for passengers.
Prime Minister's Political Adviser and BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has dismissed the demand for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's return to the country as nothing more than 'grandstanding'. He has also urged Hasina to return and face the trial process.
The government has taken special measures to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply across the country during Eid-ul-Azha. The Power Division has kept emergency repair teams ready alongside 24-hour monitoring of power generation, transmission and distribution systems.
The Rapid Action Battalion has not received any specific threat of sabotage ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the elite force's Director General Md Ahsan Habib Palash has said.