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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 from the ruling party MP elected from Chattogram-11.
He said that according to the information from the River Commission, the total number of rivers in Bangladesh is 1008.
According to the District Administration and Water Development Board, there are 931 flowing rivers in Bangladesh, Khalid Mahmud said.