DHAKA - At least 25 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat packed with Hindu devotees sank on Sunday (Sept 25) in Bangladesh, a local official said, in the worst waterways disaster to hit the country in more than a year. The bodies recovered so far included 12 women and eight children, said Jahurul Islam, district administrator.
DHAKA. KAZINFORM At least 16 people were killed with 30 others still missing after a boat capsized in the Karatoya river in Bangladesh s northern Panchagarh district, 468 km away from the capital Dhaka, on Sunday afternoon.
At least 31 people were killed and some were missing after a boat packed with Hindu devotees sank on Sunday in Bangladesh, officials said on Monday, in the worst waterways disaster to hit the country in more than a year.
The small boat packed with mostly women and children on their way to a popular temple flipped over on Sunday in a river as onlookers screamed in horror from the shore.