Passengers disembarking from a launch at Sadarghat in Dhaka on Sunday as city-dwellers started returning from their village homes after celebrating Eid-ul Fitr — Focus Bangla With the Eid vacation drawing an end on Sunday, Dhaka residents have started coming back to the capital after celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.
Different bus and launch terminals as well as railway stations witnessed crowd of people who are coming back to the city from their hometowns.
Zabed Chowdhury, who was returning from Khulna to Dhaka, told the news agency that it took less time to reach Dhaka as the highways were relatively free.
"There was no traffic jam in the route, even the roads of Dhaka are still empty", he added.
As this year, the Eid holidays coincided with weekly public holidays (Friday and Saturday), most people got just a three-day vacation. Some managed extending it through seeking additional leaves from respective offices. Office-goers started attending offices - both in public and most private institutions - though thin in numbers.
People were seen exchanging Eid greetings on the first working day after the vacation.
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