Staff Reporter
Some 308 rivers have lost navigability in the country, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury told Parliament on Tuesday.
Among those rivers, 85 are in Dhaka division, 71 in Rangpur division, 18 in Rajshahi division, 11 in Chittagong division, 10 in Sylhet division, 26 in Mymensingh division and 87 in Khulna division.
The Minister said this while responding to a question of the ruling party MP elected from Chattogram-11.
He said that according to the information of the River Commission, the total number of rivers in Bang-ladesh is 1008.
According to the District Administration and Water Development Board, there are 931 flowing rivers in Bangladesh, Khalid Mahmud said.
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