Dhaka, June 5 -- The Jamuna Bridge authorities have collected around Tk 36 million in tolls in the last 24 hours till last midnight, official sources said on Thursday.

"A total of Tk 35,983,000 was collected as from 51,849 different types of vehicles that crossed the Jamuna Bridge in the last 24 hours till 12 midnight on Wednesday, the sources added.

Ahsanul Kabir Pavel, site engineer of the bridge, told the journalists that thousands of home-bound people of North Bengal are going to their near and dear ones to share the joys of Eid-ul-Azha with their relatives through this bridge, reports BSS.

The pressure of vehicles and home bound passengers is also high on the bridge like previous years but there is no congestion on the Dhaka-Tanga...