Saturday, July 30, 2011

Passenger trawler sinks in Buriganga

Sat, Jul 30th, 2011 10:07 pm
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Dhaka, July 30 (bdnews24.com) — A trawler has sunk in Buriganga with at least a hundred passengers on board.

The incident took place near Mitford Hospital ghaat around 8.45pm Saturday, Fire Service said.

Fire Service control room official Syed Hossain Khan told bdnews24.com that divers were looking for dead bodies in the river, but none had been found until 10pm.

Eye witnesses said the trawler was heading from Babubazar ghaat to Madbarbazar ghaat when a barge carrying sand rammed into it and knocked it over.

Many had swum ashore, they said.

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