Police to be deployed to stop overloading of ferries

The cabinet committee on law and order has decided to deploy the police at major ferry terminals across the country to prevent overloading of ferries during the puja and Eid holidays. 

This was decided in the meeting at the secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday, said Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu.

The minister said that directives had been issued to concerned authorities for the speedy resolution of sensitive cases, within 135 days maximum. The committee said less complex cases would also have to be cleared up without making delay. 

The committee also decided that the phone companies would activate mobile SIMs only after verifying subscribers' national identity cards.