Narayanganj Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 06 Apr 2021 12:53 PM BdST
Updated: 06 Apr 2021 12:56 PM BdST
The death toll from the Narayanganj launch capsize has reached 34, according to the local administration.
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Five more bodies were found in the river on Tuesday morning, said Nahida Barik, Sadar upazila nirbahi officer.
Earlier, the rescuers retrieved 29 bodies from the sunken launch on the Shitalakkhya river.
Packed beyond its capacity, the launch Sabit Al Asad from Munshiganj capsized near Madanganj Ghat on Sunday afternoon after being hit by a cargo vessel, SKL-3.
Some passengers were able to swim back ashore, while most of them were missing. Later, most of the bodies were retrieved from the launch after it was recovered.
70 missing in Bangladesh's Narayanganj after launch capsizes
Sun, Apr 4 2021 23:33 IST |
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Cargo collided with the launch carrying 150 passengers-capsizes in Shitalakkhya-70 Missing. Image Source: IANS News
Dhaka, April 4 : A launch carrying around 100 passengers sank in the Shitalakkha river in Narayanganj after being hit by a goods-laden cargo vessel on Sunday and at least 70 people are reported missing, officials said.
The body of a woman has been recovered but her identity could not be ascertained yet, police told IANS.
According to Narayanganj's Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil Defence Abdullah Arefin, a launch named "ML Sabit Al Hasan" sank after colliding with the cargo vessel near Munshiganj (Koyla Ghat).
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