Pinak-6 is apparently lost forever. After an eight-day search, the rescuers yesterday packed up and left, disappointing families of the missing. Declaring the search operation abandoned, Saiful Hasan ...
Hours after his arrest today, Abu Bakkar Siddique, the owner of Pinak-6 that sank in the Padma on August 4, blamed the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) officials and lessees of ...
The failure comes despite the use of the most ‘powerful’ technology and the coordinated efforts of all government wings. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Friday said no launch had ever capsized in ...
Committee chief Joint Secretary Nur-ur-Rahman handed the findings to Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and Secretary Syed Monjurul Islam on Sunday afternoon. Pinak-6 went down in the Padma near Mawa on ...
The owner of Pinak 6 launch which sank in the Padma River on August 4 blamed the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority officials and lessees of three launch ghats (terminals) for the tragedy. A ...
Six years have passed since capsizing of the launch ‘Pinak-6’, that sank in the Padma River in Lohajang of Munshiganj, claiming over 100 lives. The double-decker vessel, which was on its way to Mawa ...