Bangladesh Weather Observation Team (BWOT) has informed that due to favourable weather conditions there is a possibility of light to moderate rain as well as heavy rainfall with thunder in 37 districts and surrounding areas of the country. Rain in multiple spells with gusty winds may occur in various regions from Saturday night to Sunday noon.
Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has called for not parking vehicles on the roadside and in unsafe or lonely places to increase the security of vehicles and goods transportation in the current situation of the country. Emergency directives on this matter were given to transport owners and workers from the organisation’s side on Saturday.
Fire incidents have occurred in two buses in the capital’s Mirpur. Among them, the incident took place in a Shikhor Paribahan bus in Mirpur-11 area and another Abhijat Paribahan bus in Mirpur-1 area. Besides, four to five cocktail explosions occurred one after another in Jatrabari. A rickshaw-puller was injured in this.
Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said production of low-cost smartphones has started in the country. He said the opportunity to buy smartphones within Tk 4 to 5 thousand is now being created. As a result, the use of technology will become easier for common people including farmers.
A 12-year-old child named Naeem has gone missing from the Kuril Biswa Road area of the capital. His family said no trace of him has been found since he left home on Thursday (September 17) afternoon.
A fire has broken out on a passenger bus in the Mirpur-11 area of the capital. No casualty has been reported immediately after fire broke out on the bus of Shikhor Paribahan on Saturday evening.