DHAKA, Apr 5 (NNN-BSS) – At least four bodies were recovered, after a ferry capsized in the Shitalakkhya river, in Narayanganj district, about 20 km away from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, an official said today.
Ershad Hossain, senior duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, said that, “bodies of four women have so far been retrieved.”
According to the official, the ferry, carrying scores of people, capsized after it was hit by another boat in the river, at around 6:00 p.m. local time yesterday.
“We’ve come to know that the ferry was carrying about 50 passengers,” he said.
According to the official, most of the passengers were able to swim ashore after the incident.
A rescue vessel has been called in to salvage the ferry, the official said.
Ferries are a key means of transport in Bangladesh and most of them are often overcrowded.– NNN-BSS
