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Dozens feared dead in Bangladesh ferry accident
At least 44 people are confirmed dead and many more missing after a ferry carrying nearly 150 passengers capsized in Bangladesh, a police official said on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:40 May 13, 2008
Dhaka: At least 44 people are confirmed dead and many more missing after a ferry carrying nearly 150 passengers capsized in Bangladesh, a police official said on Tuesday.
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, the officer in charge of Nikli police station in Kishoreganj district, northeast of the capital, Dhaka, said, "Till now we have recovered 40 bodies from inside the ferry."
Jahangir said the ferry was caught in a storm on Monday and capsized in the Ghorautura river, nearly 180 kilometres from Dhaka.
He said that of nearly 150 passengers aboard, only about 25 managed to swim ashore.
"We hope to recover the ferry before sunset," Jahangir said.
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