'308 rivers lose navigability in country'

Some 308 rivers have lost navigability in the country, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Among those rivers, 85 are in Dhaka division, 71 in Rangpur division, 18 in Rajshahi division, 11 in Chittagong division, 10 in Sylhet division, 26 in Mymensingh division and 87 in Khulna division.
The minister said this while responding to a question of the ruling party MP elected from Chattogram-11.
He said according to the information of the River Commission, the total number of rivers in Bangladesh is 1008.