Toxic gas leak

Toxic gas leak

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury visits injured workers at Chattogram Medical College Hospital after a toxic gas leak at a Sitakunda shipbreaking yard killed nine workers today (14 August). Photo: TBS

Probe body to assess whether safety failures caused Sitakunda shipbreaking deaths: Khosru

The finance minister says action will be taken based on the findings of the investigation.

A special team from the Bangladesh Army and Fire Service inspects the vessel at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda, Chattogram, where nine workers died after inhaling toxic gas on Friday morning. Photo: TBS

Nine workers killed in toxic gas leak at Sitakunda shipbreaking yard