Dhaka, March 28 -- Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti, a passenger welfare body, has urged the government to extend the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays by two days for the ease of the holidaymakers.
The organisation's secretary general Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury came up with the call at a press conference held at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the capital on Wednesday.
According to BJKS's observations, 10 million from Dhaka, 4 million from Gazipur, 1.2 million from Narayanganj and 800,000 people from surrounding districts will travel to different districts of the country to celebrate Eid with their loved ones.
In the four days before Eid, about 3 million passengers can travel by buses and minibuses, 4 million by train, 3.5 million by car, jeep and mic...