Sadarghat

BIWTA structures in Sadarghat only for passengers

The structures constructed by BIWTA in Sadarghat area of Dhaka have to be used only for the passengers' interest, ordered the Supreme Court yesterday.

Heartbreak at Sadarghat

Last week I went to Sadarghat with my team to work on a documentary on Dhaka's urban story. We arrived at the launch terminal in the wee hours, just when launches arrive from the country's riverine south. The terminal was quite a sight.

Body of teenage girl found in launch cabin, 1 held

Police recover the throat-slit body of an adolescent girl from inside a cabin of a Patuakhali-bound launch in the capital’s Sadarghat.

WB funds Bangladesh $360m for improving inland waterways

The World Bank approves US$360 million to help Bangladesh improve the navigability, year-round safe transport for passengers and cargo along Bangladesh’s busiest waterways.

Strike for passenger vessels withdrawn

Bangladesh Water Transport Workers Federation (BWTWF) last night withdrew its strike for only passenger vessels.

BIWTA scraps lease for Sadarghat launch terminal

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) today scrapped a lease for the Sadarghat launch terminal in Dhaka.

27 shanties gutted in Ctg

A fire breaks out at Anu-Majhirghat slum in Sadarghat area of Chittagong city.

January 14, 2019
January 14, 2019

BIWTA structures in Sadarghat only for passengers

The structures constructed by BIWTA in Sadarghat area of Dhaka have to be used only for the passengers' interest, ordered the Supreme Court yesterday.

July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018

Heartbreak at Sadarghat

Last week I went to Sadarghat with my team to work on a documentary on Dhaka's urban story. We arrived at the launch terminal in the wee hours, just when launches arrive from the country's riverine south. The terminal was quite a sight.

July 20, 2016
July 20, 2016

Body of teenage girl found in launch cabin, 1 held

Police recover the throat-slit body of an adolescent girl from inside a cabin of a Patuakhali-bound launch in the capital’s Sadarghat.

June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016

WB funds Bangladesh $360m for improving inland waterways

The World Bank approves US$360 million to help Bangladesh improve the navigability, year-round safe transport for passengers and cargo along Bangladesh’s busiest waterways.

April 23, 2016
April 23, 2016

Strike for passenger vessels withdrawn

Bangladesh Water Transport Workers Federation (BWTWF) last night withdrew its strike for only passenger vessels.

January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016

BIWTA scraps lease for Sadarghat launch terminal

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) today scrapped a lease for the Sadarghat launch terminal in Dhaka.

July 6, 2015
July 6, 2015

27 shanties gutted in Ctg

A fire breaks out at Anu-Majhirghat slum in Sadarghat area of Chittagong city.

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