Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday hailed Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) for setting examples for others by continuing to make profit. "They are examples for state-owned companies," he said. The Chief Adviser made the remark when BSC handed him over a cheque of TK 475.25 crore as installment of a loan the organisation obtained from the government and China Exim Bank in 2016. BSC took the loan to purchase six ships, including three bulk carriers, at a cost of over Tk 1,457 crore, according to the chief adviser’s press wing. Reviving public-police relations an urgent need: Shipping Adviser The loan deal enabled BSC to add six commercial ships to its fleet for the first time in 27 years in 2018-2019. Five of these ships are now carrying goods across different oceans using the Bangladesh flag. BSC is supposed to repay the government Tk 2,425 crore as the amount of the loan and interest in several installments over a period of 13 years. The adviser for the Shipping Ministry, M Sakhawat Hussain, shipping secretary Mohammad Yousuf, and BSC managing director, Commodore Mahmudul Malek, were present on the occasion.

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) awarded  over $500,000 in compensation to the family of deceased naval engineer Hadisur Rahman, and 7 months' pay to other crew of the Banglar Samriddhi, that came under a rocket attack at the port of Olvia in Ukraine. State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury handed the $5,05,000 cheque to Hadisur’s family and seven months’ salary to other crew members at a programme held at the city’s BSC Tower. Besides, Hadisur’s brother has also been appointed at BSC as compensation. The state minister said, "We will not get Hadisur back." He said Hadisur's father told him over the phone, “Hadisur was our only source of income what would we do without him? This check is the answer for that also Hadisur's brother has been arranged a job BSC and later he will be given a permanent job in an agency under the Ministry of Shipping according to his qualifications.” On March 3, Hadisur, 47-year-old third engineer of Bangladeshi vessel ‘Banglar Samriddhi’, was killed in a rocket attack on the ship stranded at Ukrainian port Olvia. The BSC ship was positioned in the inner anchorage of Olvia port (Ukraine) when Hadisur was killed. On March 9, 28 surviving crew members of the Bangladeshi ship who were stranded in war-torn Ukraine, arrived back in Dhaka. They went from Ukraine to Moldova to reach Bucharest in Romania, from where they flew to Dhaka. The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation ship had been stranded at Olvia port in Ukraine since February 23, following Russia's invasion of its eastern European neighbour. Hadisur’s body was preserved in a bunker near Ukraine as the procedure to bring it back was delayed due to the worsening situation in Ukraine. Later, on March 14, his body did reach Dhaka. Also read: Hadisur buried in Barguna

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has arranged a compensation amount of $500,000 (USD) for the family of naval engineer Hadisur Rahman, who was killed in a rocket attack at the port of Olvia in Ukraine, while serving on the Banglar Samriddhi - a BSC vessel that was docked at the port.   BSC also announced  a payment equivalent to seven months' salary for other members of the Banglar Samriddhi, that was damaged in the attack. Hadisur’s brother has been offered a job at BSC and will join on June 1. The announcements were made at a meeting of the Board of Directors of BSC in the city on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by State Minister for Shipping and Chairman of the BSC board of directors Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury. On March 3, Hadisur, 47-year-old third engineer of Bangladeshi vessel ‘Banglar Samriddhi’, was killed in a rocket attack on the ship stranded at Ukrainian port Olvia. The BSC ship was positioned in the inner anchorage of Olvia port (Ukraine), when Hadisur was killed due to a missile attack. Earlier on March 9, 28 surviving crew members of the Bangladeshi ship who were stranded in war-torn Ukraine, arrived back in Dhaka. They went from Ukraine to Moldova to reach Bucharest in Romania, from where they flew to Dhaka. The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation ship had been stranded at Olvia port in Ukraine since February 23, following Russia's invasion of its eastern European neighbour. Hadisur’s body was preserved in a bunker near Ukraine as the procedure to bring it back was delayed due to the worsening situation in Ukraine. Later, on March 14, his body did reach Dhaka. Also read: Hadisur buried in Barguna