Dhaka, March 29 -- Foreign Ministry said that they have been progress in rescuing the 23 crew members of MV Abdullah which had been hijacked by Somali pirates on March 12.
"Our aim is to rescue the crew members unharmed. At the same time we want to rescue the ship. I just want to say that we have advanced much," Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said on Thursday.
While talking to the journalists in his ministry on Thursday, he said that there has been progress in the government's efforts to free the Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah carrying 55,000 tonnes of coal.
The minister further said that they are in contact and making multifaceted efforts to rescue the 23 crew members.
Asked about the reported shortfall of food and water, Hasan Mahmud sai...