Description : A worker poses for a picture in a ship building yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There are more than 35 shipyards in Old Dhaka’'s keraniganj area by the side of the Buriganga river, where small ships, launches and steamers are built and repaired round the clock. In recent years, the country’s ship builders have been slowly edging their way up the ranks of ship exporters, selling to highly competitive markets such as Germany and Denmark. Moreover, Bangladeshi ship builders are confident of their competitive advantage over their rivals, pointing to the large numbers of skilled workers and low labour costs. Bangladesh.