Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
First tourist ship of the season sails for Saint Martin’s with about 800 passengers
MV Baro Awlia left Cox's Bazar on 5 November, five days after the season opened. Three ships are cleared for the route, with a 3,500-a-day visitor cap.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
BIWTC’s MV Malancha to begin Cox’s Bazar–Saint Martin’s passenger service on 5 November
The state-owned coastal passenger ship can carry about 600 people and will run round trips from Cox's Bazar to Saint Martin's Island.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
Saint Martin’s island is open, but tourist ships wait for clearances until 6 November
Vessels still need environment, shipping, BIWTA and district clearances. Up to 3,500 visitors a day will be allowed, departing only from the BIWTA jetty in Cox's Bazar.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
BIWTA reports 114km of new navigable waterways and two new river ports
The authority’s progress update lists capital dredging, new terminals at Basila and Shimulia, 1,000 navigational aids and a new Chairman Ghat–Hatiya ferry.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
Joint control room, Ansar on every launch: how waterways prepared for Eid-ul-Azha
Agencies set up a joint control room at Sadarghat, banned overloading and suspended sand bulkheads from 23 May to 2 June; on Eid eve the terminal was unusually quiet as many travelled earlier or by road.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
BIWTA commissions locally priced dredgers as Nagarbari river port opens up cargo
Four new BIWTA dredgers cost about Tk 450 crore against an estimated Tk 700-800 crore to import; the Nagarbari port's daily unloading rose from 2,000 to 20,000 tonnes, the shipping adviser said in November 2025.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
BIWTA revokes route permit of MV Adventure-9 after deadly Meghna collision
Four people died when MV Zakir Samrat-3 and MV Adventure-9 collided on the Meghna in Chandpur in December 2025; police seized Adventure-9 and detained four crew.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
BIWTA runs special Eid-ul-Fitr launches from Basila and Shimulia to ease Sadarghat crowding
From 17 March 2026, six launches from Basila and three from Shimulia offered alternatives to Sadarghat, with free porter and wheelchair services for elderly, female and disabled passengers.
Inland Waterways (BIWTA)
BIWTA prepares crackdown on trawlers and speedboats in Meghna danger zone
From 15 March to 15 October only sea trucks may carry passengers on the 110-km stretch from Ilisha to the river mouth, but illegal boats keep operating on the Ilisha-Lakshmipur route, BSS reports.
