Chattogram, March 24 -- awaited ferry service on the Banshbaria (Sitakunda)-Guptachhara-Sandwip route was launched on Monday, ushering in a new era of improved connectivity and economic opportunities for Sandwip's residents.

Shipping Adviser Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain inaugurated the service.

The first ferry officially departed from Banshbaria Ferry Ghat in Sitakunda Upazila, heading towards Guptachara in Sandwip.

Adviser to the ministries of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Road Transport and Bridges, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Liberation War Affairs Adviser Farooq-e-Azam, Primary and Mass Educatio...