{"id":121161,"date":"2021-05-03T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121161"},"modified":"2021-05-03T17:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:22:37","slug":"bangladesh-death-toll-from-speedboat-bulkhead-cargo-collision-rises-to-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121161","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh: Death toll from speedboat-bulkhead cargo collision rises to 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dd.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dd.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DHAKA, May 3 (NNN-BSS) &#8212; At least 26 passengers of a speedboat were killed when it collided with a sand-laden bulkhead cargo boat in the Padma river  of Madaripur district Monday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the dead were three children and a woman, the Shibchar Fire Service and Civil Defense and River Police reported in the 7.30 am mishap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Syamal Biswas, in-charge of Shibchar Fire Service and Civil Defence, said a total of 26 bodies have so far been recovered from the river while five others found alive during the rescue operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThe identities of the deceased could not be known immediately,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bodies were kept at the Old Ferry Ghat while the injured were sent to the nearest local hospital, Syamal Biswas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the search and rescue operation is still underway and more skilled divers of Barishal Fire Services are joining in the rescue drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actual number of passengers who were on board of the speedboat could not be known immediately, he said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA, May 3 (NNN-BSS) &#8212; At least 26 passengers of a speedboat were killed when it collided with a sand-laden bulkhead cargo boat in the Padma river of Madaripur district Monday morning. Among the dead were three children and a woman, the Shibchar Fire Service and Civil Defense and River Police reported in the 7.30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121161"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}