After an extended 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday, all government and non-government offices, banks and factories reopened on Sunday with the holidaymakers still returning to the capital Dhaka.
Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of Muslims, was celebrated in the country on June 7. The 10-day holiday began on June 5.
On Sunday morning, office goers were seen going to their workplaces in the capital.
In the morning, the officials and employees of the Bangladesh secretariat were seen at their offices but they were not seen much busy on the opening day after the Eid holidays.
The capital鈥檚 busy crossings, including Farmgate, Karwan Bazar, Banglamotor, Paltan, Motijheel, Gulistan, Mirpur-10 and Shahbagh, were seen crowded by buses, cars, motorcycles and CNG-run auto-rickshaws.
Meanwhile, on Sunday morning, a huge number of people were seen returning to Dhaka by trains, launches and buses.
The trains from different districts entered the Dhaka rail station in the Kamalapur area with fully packed with passengers in the morning.
The Sadarghat launch terminal was seen busy as one after another overloaded launches arrived at the terminal from different districts of the country.
Some passengers alleged that after returning Dhaka they had to pay much for local transports.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Tangail reported that in the morning no major traffic congestion was seen on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway.
At Kodda crossing in Sirajganj, many people were seen riding on trucks and pick-up vans towards Dhaka as they failed to secure bus tickets.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported that Tk聽59,77,29,050 in toll was collected from two major longest bridges 鈥� Padma, Jamuna 鈥� in the country during the Eid
holidays.
鈥榃e have seen maximum motor vehicles crossing Padma and Jamuna bridges on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays,鈥� Bridges Division secretary M Abdur Rouf told the BSS on Sunday.
He said that electronic toll collection was also introduced on the bridges aimed at reducing time for vehicle crossing the bridges.
鈥榃e have also signed memorandums of understanding with six firms so that vehicles can cross the bridges swiftly with paying toll through apps,鈥� the secretary said.
Sources said the Padma and Jamuna bridges recorded their highest-ever daily toll collection and vehicle crossings on June 5.
The Padma Bridge authority collected the highest Tk聽5,43,28,000 in toll on June 5, while Tk聽4,10,80,950 was collected from Jamuna bridge on the same day.
At least 52,487 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge as Jamuna Bridge saw passing 64,283 vehicles on June 5.
