At least 26 people were killed and several others injured in road accidents across the country during the three-day Eid vacation that ended on Tuesday.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said there were no long tailbacks on the highways during the rush of holidaymakers.

To spend Eid back home in Dinajpur, Sultan Mahmud and his family members started from the capital’s Gabtoli around 10:00pm on Friday.

The ministry of education issues a circular enumerating some guidelines to curb the spread of Aedes mosquito during the Eid holidays.

Shumi Akhtar, a student of Jagannath University, reached the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station around 8:30am yesterday. She was supposed to catch a train in half an hour to go to her home in Gaibandha to celebrate Eid with her loved ones.