Pinak-6 is apparently lost forever. After an eight-day search, the rescuers yesterday packed up and left, disappointing families of the missing. Declaring the search operation abandoned, Saiful Hasan ...

Rescuers today said they had received signal from a metallic object resembling the sunken launch Pinak-6 in size in the Padma a kilometre off the Mawa launch ghat in Munshiganj. "We have identified a ...

The failure comes despite the use of the most ‘powerful’ technology and the coordinated efforts of all government wings. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Friday said no launch had ever capsized in ...

Six years have passed since capsizing of the launch ‘Pinak-6’, that sank in the Padma River in Lohajang of Munshiganj, claiming over 100 lives. The double-decker vessel, which was on its way to Mawa ...

The official probe report on the Pinak 6 launch capsize would be made public within a couple of days, while stern action would be taken against those responsible for the disaster, Shipping Minister ...

The ill-fated vessel sunk with over 300 people on board on Aug 4. Until Sunday, 46 bodies have been recovered. Twenty-seven of them were handed over to the relatives. Another 15 decomposed bodies have ...