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The wreck of the Star of Bengal was described as "one of the worst disasters" of the Pacific coast maritime history. [122] Due to the high number of casualties, as of 2015, the wreck of the Star of Bengal remains in the top 5 worst marine disasters in the history of Alaska. [54] [123] Both, the ship and her cargo were declared a total loss. [70]
The boats are being built by Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited under licence from PT Lundin Indonesia. 8 of 18 vessels are commissioned with Bangladesh Navy. These 11.7 meters long boats are armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun mount on cabin top and two additional gun mounts on the after deck.
This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Indian Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Indian Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Great Australian Bight, the Mozambique Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and the Timor Sea
Ekushey Television Limited: Formerly broadcast via terrestrial television. Shut down in 2002 but returned on satellite television in 2007. [2] NTV: এনটিভি: 3 July 2003 () International Television Channel Ltd. [2] RTV: আরটিভি: 26 December 2005 () Bengal Media Corporation (Formerly National Television Limited) [2]
Pages in category "Shipwrecks in the Bay of Bengal" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Carron (1792 ship) Cheduba (1863) SS Clan Alpine ...
The 2014 Sundarbans oil spill was an oil spill that occurred on 9 December 2014 at the Shela River in Sundarbans, Bangladesh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2] [3] The spill occurred when an oil-tanker named Southern Star VII, [4] carrying 350,000 litres (77,000 imp gal; 92,000 US gal) of furnace oil, was in collision with a cargo vessel [3] and sank in the river. [5]
However, after reaching Chittagong in early 1689, the fleet found the city too strongly held and abandoned their attempt at capturing it. The city remained under the possession of the Nawabs of Bengal until 1793 when East India Company took complete control of the former Mughal province of Bengal. [35] [36]
That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] An op-ed article in The Daily Star claims that this is the official figure. In contrast, the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more [ 7 ] and the article claims that most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back.