At least seven people, including two children and a newlywed bride, died Tuesday as a trawler carrying wedding guests sank in the River Meghna.

The BIWTA evicted 265 establishments on the bank of Buriganga River in Dhaka's Islambagh, including an illegal petrol pump of MP Haji Salim, in drives conducted on Sunday and Monday.

River Police seized over 137.7 million metres of banned Current Jal during a drive conducted at various factories in Ponchoshar union of sadar upazila on Monday.

A team of the River Police seized four million metres of illegal fishing net from Padma River on Sunday.