Ten migrants have died and dozens more are feared missing after two ships sank off the coast of Italy, a migrant rescue charity and the coastguard said on Monday. Rescuers who came to aid migrants on a wooden boat off the coast of Lampedusa found 10 bodies below deck, German aid group Rescueship said on…
Bangladesh is all set to receive a new line of credit from China for the purchase of four ocean-going vessels, although it plans to scale it down due to rising costs. Officials initially planned to purchase six ships, but the high exchange rate of the US dollar and increased manufacturing costs prompted them to revise…
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin has said that the government has taken several initiatives to make the ship-breaking industry safe and environment-friendly. He said, as a result of various far reaching measures taken by the government, four shipyards have already gone green and more than a dozen shipyards are in the…
At least two Tunisians, including a child, were killed and five others were missing after their Europe-bound boat capsized off the northeastern coast of the North African country on Saturday, the Coast Guard said. The vessel carrying 20 Tunisians capsized 120 meters (395 feet) off the beach in Gabes at 2:00 am (0100 GMT), a…
Reza is survived by his wife Naeema Ali, children Meeran, Sara and Mishaal, who all go by the same name, and three brothers – retired Major Sadaq Ali, former ambassador Taufeeq Ali and Pasha Ali. Reza was born on April 10, 1940 in Kamila. He was the elder child of his father Tofajal Ali and…