DHAKA, Sept 26 (NNN-BSS) – At least 16 people were killed, while 30 others are still missing, after a boat capsized in the Karatoya river, in Bangladesh’s northern Panchagarh district, 468 km away from the capital, Dhaka, yesterday afternoon.
“The bodies of 16 people, including women and children, have so far been retrieved,” Sujoy Kumar Roy, an officer of Panchagarh’s Boda Police station, said.
According to the officer, the boat, carrying some 100 people, capsized at about 1:30 p.m. local time. Most of the passengers managed to swim ashore after the incident.
Some 30 passengers were still missing, said the officer, adding that, a rescue operation was underway, and the cause of the accident was not immediately known.– NNN-BSS
