23 dead, 30 missing after boat capsizes in Bangladesh’s Karatoa river

International

oi-Prakash KL

Dhaka,
Sep
25:
At
least
23
people,
including
children,
have
died
after
a
boat
capsized
in
the
Karatoa
river
in
Boda
upazila
of
Panchagarh,
as
per
AFP.

Over
30
passengers,
who
were
in
the
boat,
are
still
missing,
according
to
a
report
in
TBS
News.

“Rescue
work
is
underway
to
recover
the
bodies
and
find
the
missing,”
the
website
quoted
Panchagarh
Deputy
Commissioner
Md
Jahurul
Islam
as
saying.

Boat
accidents
are
frequent
in
Bangladesh,
through
which
some
of
the
world’s
mightiest
rivers
–
the
Brahmaputra
and
the
Padma
–
flows.

In
February
last
year,
69
people
died
in
central
Bangladesh
in
a
boat
mishap.

On
September
1,
a
woman
today
died
and
at
least
25
others
were
reported
missing
after
an
overcorwded
boat
with
nearly
60
people
aboard
capsized
in
south-central
Bangladesh.
The
ferry
sank
in
Shandhya
river
in
Banaripara
upazila
of
Barisal
district,
police
said.