Posts Tagged ‘Barisal’
River dredging restarts at Barisal port
Dredging activities in the river Kirtankhola resumed Sunday after a week to keep the Barisal river port, the country's second largest river port, operational. Declining navigability of the river earlier forced the authorities to shift the jetty for long-haul double and triple deck launches to BIWTC marine workshop on September 26, (more...)
Pakistan Army doctors treat over 37000 Bangladesh cyclone victims
The Pakistan Army field hospital which was set up at Bhandaria, Barisal and Bangladesh for relief operations after cyclone "Sidr" worked day and night to mitigate the sufferings of flood-affected people, earning goodwill for the country. A Pakistan Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying the field hospital, doctors, paramedics and life-saving drugs was [...]
