After celebrating Eid with their relatives, people from 21 districts of the southern and western parts of the country are returning to work via the Paturia-Daulatdia waterway.

A worker of an iron workshop died after falling from the roof of a running train in Laksham upazila of Cumilla early today.

Three people were killed and 15 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat this morning.

The river routes of Shimulia in Munshiganj, Banglabazar in Madaripur and Majhikandi in Shariatpur have been seeing huge crowds of homebound people since this morning.

Congestion on highways during the Eid rush has not been as bad as feared earlier with thousands leaving the capital yesterday without much trouble.

The absence of pandemic restrictions are causing more people to leave Dhaka this Eid compared to the last two years.

Eid journey with advance train tickets began today as people are leaving Dhaka to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their loved ones.