Move raises questions on adherence to Rules of Business

The Bangladesh Water Transport Coordination Cell will manage allocation and scheduling of lighter vessels

The shipping ministry yesterday formed a probe committee to investigate the death of a critically injured boy on a ferry, which was kept waiting for three hours at Kathalbari terminal for a top government official on Thursday night.

Just two weeks before going back to the navy, the Chittagong Port Authority chairman went on an eight-day official visit to South Africa and Morocco apparently to gather knowledge on how to improve the port's operation.

Department of Shipping suspends its chief engineer AKM Fakhrul Islam, who was caught red-handed while taking bribe at his Motijheel office.

Members of the parliamentary standing committee on shipping ministry yesterday criticised Shajahan Khan for his ministry's “inaction”

Water transport workers call off their countrywide indefinite strike after the owners agreed to fulfil their 15-point demand.

The Election Commission seeks a 24-hour restriction on movement of all sorts of motorised vehicles from early hours of December 30 in municipal areas that go to polls on that day.