Flouting the guidelines, hazardous chemicals were kept close to containers stuffed with garment items that fed the blaze at the BM Container Depot in Chattogram's Sitakunda on Saturday, leaving at least 49 dead and over 200 wounded.
The shipping ministry, with the financial support of the World Bank, will dredge the Chattogram-Dhaka- Ashuganj waterways and set up terminals to enhance capacity of the shipping corridor and improve the security system. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and two contractors signed an agreement in this connection at a city hotel on Saturday, .
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DHAKA, April 7, 2021 (BSS)- Seven-day long River Safety Week 2021 was inaugurated today with the motto of “Oath of Mujib Year, safe route waterway”.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal inaugurated the River Safety Week-2021′ in a virtual presence as the chief guest.
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury attended the function at the meeting room of the Shipping Ministry.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Shipping Ministry Major (Retd) Rafiqul Islam Bir Uttam), Secretary of the Shipping Ministry Mesbah Uddin Chowdhury, Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Syed Mohammad Tajul Islam, Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Commodore Golam Sadeq, Bangladesh Inland Navigation (Passenger Transport) Organization President Mahbub Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram and General Secretary of Bangladesh Shipping Workers Federation Ashikul Alam spoke at the function virtually whi