As the ship recycling industry is heavily concentrated in Sitakunda, authorities decided to establish the board’s office in Chattogram rather than continuing operations from the Ministry of Industries ...
A 60-year-old worker died on Monday evening (24 November) after being injured at a green-certified shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram, raising fresh concerns over safety standards in the ...
DHAKA, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The coronavirus pandemic has slowed efforts to make safer the often hazardous job of dismantling old ships in Bangladesh, officials said, following the ...