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Barishal launch owners demand cash incentive
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There are shipbuilding yards in seven or eight points across the southern region that build 20 to 25 vessels each year. Photo: Star/file
Business leaders and trade bodies in Barishal have urged the government to ensure adequate support for them in the upcoming national budget such that they can survive the Covid-19 fallouts.
For example, launch facilities are a vital service in the country s southern regions, where at least 500 vessels of all sizes sail back and forth from Dhaka, according to Saidur Rahman Rintu, vice-president of the Bangladesh Launch Owners Association.