Future of Ship-Breaking Industry in Bangladesh
FUTURE OF SHIP-BREAKING INDUSTRY IN BANGLADESH
Course Title: Sessional of Business Research Methodology
Course Code: BA - 406
Submitted to:
Feroz Ahmed
Professor
Submitted by:
Rezwan Mahmood
ID # 060329
Business Administration Discipline
Khulna University, Khulna
Date of Submission: September 26, 2010
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
September 26, 2010
Feroz Ahmed
Professor
Business Administration Discipline
Khulna University, Khulna
Dear Sir,
Here is the report proposal on “Future of Ship-breaking Industry in Bangladesh”. It is a great opportunity for me to work on this area because I am really interested in this topic. I will try my level best to gather what I believe to provide the most complete information in this report.
I believe that the knowledge and experience I will gather during the survey period and by analyzing the information will immensely help in my professional life.
I will concentrate my effort to the best possible extent to make this report with the most professional and realistic feature.
Sincerely yours,
……………………
Rezwan Mahmood
ID# 060329
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Bangladesh is a small and densely populated country with an area of about 147,370 square kilometers. It has a long coastal belt of about 710 km which is enriched with natural resources specially fish and other aquatic species of different varieties and has been the focal point of different economic activities. Most of these seashore areas are situated in Chittagong. Sitakund is a seashore area situated a few kilometers north of Chittagong where most of the ship-breaking yards are concentrated. Ship-breaking industry has not been developed in a day. In Bangladesh the ship-breaking industry was born out of a severe cyclone in 1960, which killed thousands of people and a Greek ship “M D Alpine” was driven ashore by the devastating tidal storm and could not be refloated and was confined to Fauzdarhat sea shore of Sitakunda Upazilla. The ship remained there for
Course Title: Sessional of Business Research Methodology
Course Code: BA - 406
Submitted to:
Feroz Ahmed
Professor
Submitted by:
Rezwan Mahmood
ID # 060329
Business Administration Discipline
Khulna University, Khulna
Date of Submission: September 26, 2010
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
September 26, 2010
Feroz Ahmed
Professor
Business Administration Discipline
Khulna University, Khulna
Dear Sir,
Here is the report proposal on “Future of Ship-breaking Industry in Bangladesh”. It is a great opportunity for me to work on this area because I am really interested in this topic. I will try my level best to gather what I believe to provide the most complete information in this report.
I believe that the knowledge and experience I will gather during the survey period and by analyzing the information will immensely help in my professional life.
I will concentrate my effort to the best possible extent to make this report with the most professional and realistic feature.
Sincerely yours,
……………………
Rezwan Mahmood
ID# 060329
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Bangladesh is a small and densely populated country with an area of about 147,370 square kilometers. It has a long coastal belt of about 710 km which is enriched with natural resources specially fish and other aquatic species of different varieties and has been the focal point of different economic activities. Most of these seashore areas are situated in Chittagong. Sitakund is a seashore area situated a few kilometers north of Chittagong where most of the ship-breaking yards are concentrated. Ship-breaking industry has not been developed in a day. In Bangladesh the ship-breaking industry was born out of a severe cyclone in 1960, which killed thousands of people and a Greek ship “M D Alpine” was driven ashore by the devastating tidal storm and could not be refloated and was confined to Fauzdarhat sea shore of Sitakunda Upazilla. The ship remained there for
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