Authorities this morning allowed launch and speedboat services to resume on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route following the weakening of tropical storm Komen in the Bay of Bengal.

Sub-inspector Md Eunus Ali, in-charge of Mawa police outpost told The Daily Star that launch and speedboat services have resumed around 9:00am today.

Earlier, services of lunch, speedboat, trawlers and boats were suspended yesterday due to cautionary signal no. 1 at Shimulia ghat for cyclone Komen, he said.