State minister for shipping, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said all possible medical assistance will be provided to those on board in the launch fire in Jhalakathi, reports UNB.
The minister said this while visiting the injured persons at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Such a tragic accident has never happened before at launch, he said.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is very sincere about waterways development. Under her leadership the waterways will be more safe and secured, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury added.
Earlier, the state minister went to the Jhalakathi Hospital and inquired about the injured and their treatment.
Meanwhile, the shipping ministry and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority have formed two separate probe committees to investigate the incident. The ministry's panel has been asked to submit its report within three days.
At least 39 people were charred to death and 72 others injured in a major fire that ripped through a launch carrying some 800 passengers from Dhaka to Barguna in the early hours of Friday.