Dhaka fares better than rest of country

Though far better in Dhaka city, vehicular movement across the country was seriously hampered due to Jamaat-e-Islami's 48-hour countrywide hartal beginning yesterday.
Except a few districts, train communication was almost normal as most trains left Kamalapur Railway Station on time while presence of passengers along waterways was a bit low.
In the capital, a good number of public buses, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and rickshaws ran on different streets, only a handful of private cars were seen while a few inter-district buses left bus terminals.
Though most markets, shopping malls and small shops were closed, people's movement on the streets was better compared to previous hartals called by Jamaat.
Kamalapur Railway Station Stationmaster Nipendra Saha said only two of 30 trains failed to leave on time while all 14 trains on Dhaka-Narayanganj route left and arrived on time.
Md Shahidullah, deputy director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, said 26 launches left Sadarghat Launch Terminal though the everyday average is 36.
Our Chittagong correspondent reports: Chittagong city witnessed no major untoward incident as Awami League activists took up positions in the major thoroughfares.
However, the number of vehicles plying the roads was less than usual while most shopping malls remained closed.
Our Gaibandha correspondent reports: Jamaat-Shibir activists barricaded roads connecting Palashbari, Gobindaganj and Sunderganj upazilas with Gaibandha district headquarters with logs and burning tyres.
They barricaded Gaibandha-Sunderganj, Sunderganj-Bamondanga and Sunderganj-Tarapur roads, snapping connections with Sunderganj. Others barricaded Gaibandha-Palashbari highway which connects the two with Gaibandha district headquarters.
Trains from Dinajpur, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat turned back from Gaibandha, as rail tracks were uprooted near Kahalu Railway Station in Bogra, said Gaibandha Railway Station Stationmaster Wahed Mandol.
Our Bhola correspondent reports: most shops were shut and a few rickshaws and auto-rickshaw were found on the roads.