Despite repeated notices from Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), shipbreakers of the Chattogram are reportedly dismantling scrap ships and dredging sand without obtaining clearance, ...

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) in a drive yesterday fined a sand trader Tk 40,000 for encroaching on the river Turag in the capital. The eviction team also removed heaps of ...

The development has brought long-awaited relief to traders, workers and local residents dependent on river-based trade.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Barisal City Corporation (BCC) are at loggerheads over the eviction of illegal establishments from the Kirtankhola River bank in Barisal. Locals ...

Though the government has allocated sufficient funds for river excavation and dredging, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has not been able to show the expected success due to inefficiency, ...

A large pile of dumped pipes has been in flames for several hours at a warehouse of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority in the Barafkal area of Narayanganj city. No casualties were reported as ...

Dhaka, July 31 -- Development activities at the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) have come under strain since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 last year, with ...

Dhaka, March 14 (bdnews24.com) - Water transport authorities Wednesday ordered the usual eight-month ban on privately-owned launches operating in the danger zones in the southern coast, a seasonal ...