Launch services resume after 50 hrs

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Launch services resumed across Bangladesh on Monday morning after a disruption of more than 50 hours caused by cyclone Bulbul, reports UNB.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) issued a notice in this regard on Sunday night.

Launches have started plying their usual routes from 6:00am, UNB quoted Md Jahangir Alam, a senior information officer at the shipping ministry, as saying.

Earlier on Friday night, BIWTA suspended launch services on all routes as cyclone Bulbul approached Bangladesh.

Six people were killed in Bagerhat, Khulna, Patuakhali and Barishal districts after the cyclone battered Khulna and adjoining southwestern parts of the country on early Sunday.