Shortage of public transports continues in city

Staff Correspondent: Commuters in the city are also facing trouble today (Thursday) due to shortage of public transports as vehicles have gone off the streets fearing vandalism, causing sufferings to people.

In most places, people were seen moving on foot to reach their destinations while many using rickshaws.

Meanwhile, students of different schools and colleges took to the streets for the 5th consecutive day on Thursday, demanding punishment of those responsible for Sunday's road accident that killed their two fellows in the city and resignation of the Shipping Minister for his comments on the accident.

Although the government shut down all the educational institutions across the country for Thursday students wearing uniform and holding bag took to the streets across Dhaka in the morning.

On Sunday, Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim Rajib, students of the college section of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College, were killed as a ‘Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan’ bus ploughed through some students in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on Airport Road.


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