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At least three people died and 17 were missing after a boat carrying scores of people mostly Rohingya refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, some 400 km southeast of the capital Dhaka, on Tuesday morning, an official said.
Circle Officer Sanju Das's body was found around 700 metres from the site of mishap at Aironjongla, close to Bangladesh border, by the team comprising personnel of SDRF, NDRF and BSF
Be it the boat capsize in Panchagarh, or the clashes and expulsion of BCL leaders at Eden College - this week was rife with repetitions of past mistakes, showing us bluntly how we never learn from our mistakes. The monster of our past keep mocking us, and we are reluctant to kill it.
On September 25, people from the Hindu community were going to a temple to offer prayers on the occasion of Mahalaya when the boat overturned in the middle of the river due to overcrowding.
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