20 die in Bangladesh boat capsize
April 21st, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANSDhaka, April 21 (IANS) Twenty people died and a number of passengers went missing after a boat capsized in the river Meghna in Bangladesh early Thursday.
Locals said the boat sank with 70 passengers at Rajapur in fhs country’s east at about 3.30 a.m. after it collided with a trawler that had already capsized in the river.
Divers and villagers recovered the bodies from the river, said Star Online, website of The Daily Star.
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