The water vessels will operate on all routes at half capacity from midnight of July 14 until 6:00 am on July 23 as the government gas relaxed the restrictions.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday (July 13).

According to the notification, the water vessels will operate at half of the capacity following health guidelines properly.

All kinds of water vessels (launch, speedboat, trawlers and others) will remain suspended from 6:00 am on July 23 until midnight on August 5, the notification reads.