Sitakunda shipbreaking yard

Sitakunda shipbreaking yard

Experts and industry stakeholders at a safety awareness programme in Chattogram on Saturday (19 September 2026). Photo: Collected

Experts call for sharing safety lessons across ship recycling yards

The call came after 10 workers died from hydrogen sulphide exposure at a Sitakunda ship recycling yard last month.

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Worker dies after 8 days in ICU at Sitakunda shipbreaking yard

The Shipbreaking Workers Trade Union Forum at a protest rally and human chain held at Chattogram Press Club around 2pm today (16 August). Photo: TBS

Shipbreaking workers demand action over nine deaths

A special team from the Bangladesh Army and Fire Service inspects the vessel at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda, Chattogram, where nine workers died after inhaling toxic gas on Friday morning. Photo: TBS

How scrap ship's seawater ballast tank turned lethal, killing 9 workers at Ferdous Steel

Jatiya Shramik Shakti leaders hold a protest and human chain at the foot of the July Memorial in Shahbagh on 15 August 2026. Photo: Collected

Shramik Shakti protests Sitakunda shipbreaking yard deaths in Shahbagh

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury visits injured workers at Chattogram Medical College Hospital after a toxic gas leak at a Sitakunda shipbreaking yard killed nine workers today (14 August). Photo: TBS

Probe body to assess whether safety failures caused Sitakunda shipbreaking deaths: Khosru