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 ...

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 ...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh/SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Abul Hossen is preparing for the arrival of dozens of ships that promise to carry his family and hundreds, if not thousands, of other Bangladeshis ...

He further noted that this demand is fully consistent with the constitutional rights of workers, Section 141 of the Labour Act 2006, and International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 131 ...

Workers in Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards lose 20 years of life expectancy due to dangerous working conditions while local communities and the environment suffer from pollution, reveals a new report ...

Shipbreaking is a global problem that requires urgent attention. On 15 km of coastline, Sitakunda is home to 30 ship-breaking yards. These yards recycle 38% of all dead ships in the world and provide ...

In mid 2024, students in Bangladesh organized mass protests and brought down the repressive government of Sheikh Hasana. The country is now under a caretaker government of Muhammed Yunus, a Nobel ...