The government is constructing 139 polders in the coastal belt to protect the areas from tidal surges and floods, State Minister for Water Resources Zaheed Farooque said Saturday.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No three as strong monsoon and steep pressure gradient persists over the north bay.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 on Sunday.   The Met Office, in a bulletin, said that under the influence of strong monsoon, squally weather may affect the maritime ports, North Bay and the adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.