Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kewrakandi route in the Padma River have resumed after five hours of disruption because of dense fog.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Shimulia Ghat Assistant Manager Shekhar Chandra Roy said ferry services on the route halted around 3am on Saturday due to poor visibility.
He said normalcy returned there around 8:30am.
Seven ferries -- Kalmilata, Karabi, Ramsri, Raipura, Thobal, Lenting and Raniganj -- had been forced to anchor in the middle of the river, causing immense suffering to passengers.
Hundreds of vehicles with several hundred passengers kept waiting on both sides of the river.
"We had to halt ferry services to avert accidents as the marking points and beacon lights were not visible due to the dense fog," said the BIWTC official.