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The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA)Restrictions on public transport
No data on vaccinations of transport workers
According to the directives of the cabinet division, bus drivers and their assistants must have vaccine certificates. However, people affiliated with public transport do not have any data as to how ...
Two drivers of MV Abhijan-10 launch sent to jail
The marine court here on Tuesday ordered to send the two drivers of the MV Abhijan-10 launch to jail in a case related to last month's deadly fire that killed at least 42 passengers of the vessel
People responsible for devastating launch fire must be punished
Neither waterways nor the roads are safe. This was proved again when 38 people were killed in a fire on the launch MV Abhijan-10
Jhalakathi launch fire
Death toll reaches 41
The death toll from the massive fire that broke out from the engine room of a launch in the middle of the Sugandha River off the coast of Jhalakathi Sadar upazila rose to 41, after another body was ...
Jhalakathi launch fire
MV Abhijan-10 kept moving for 40 minutes after catching fire
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
Jhalakathi launch fire
‘Govt will provide medical assistance to fire injured’
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 Jhalakath
Launch fire
'Faulty engines, reckless speed to blame'
The launch ‘MV Avijan-10’ started its journey from Sadarghat in Dhaka for Barguna at around 6:00pm on Thursday. From the very beginning, the vessel was moving forward recklessly
Launch services resume with up to 42pc fare hike
Launch owners have called off their strike, part of the wider transport strike protesting a 23 per cent hike in the price of diesel, following a decision to increase fares by up to 42 per cent.
BIWTA capable of salvaging MV Shah Amanat: Chairman
BIWTA chairman made this remark while inspecting the salvage operation on the third day at the Paturia Ferry Terminal
Speedboats without registration, drivers without training
More than 2,000 speedboats are operated for passenger transportation on various waterways across the country and only 569 of them are registered with the shipping department, according to sources and ...
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