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BDNews24
| 1 year ago
Dhaka, Mar 15 (bdnews24.com) Saying a total of 60 people were rescued alive in the incident of passenger ferry capsize in the river Meghna, the shipping minister on Thursday said he did not have information on anybody else remaining missing. "I have...
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Asia Times
| 1 year ago
The capital of Bangladesh paid a high price for a rally on Monday called by the opposition Four Party Alliance, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and for a government clampdown that sought to bar the entry of opposition activists from across...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Naval divers and rescue workers found 30 more bodies on Wednesday from an ill-fated ferry which capsized in Meghna river in southwest Bangladesh, taking the death toll in the mishap to 65, officials said. Warning that the toll may rise further,...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Rescue workers searching a ferry in Bangladesh which sank on Tuesday with around 200 people on board have now found 66 bodies. Recovery ships have pulled the ferry close to shore and plan to re-float it. About 50 people swam to safety after the...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Bangladeshi rescuers Wednesday searched for dozens of passengers missing from a capsized passenger launch as the disaster's death toll mounted. The Daily Star reported the death toll from the Tuesday incident had reached 36.
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Rescue workers in Bangladesh on Wednesday found eight more bodies after a ferry sunk in a large river and warned scores more may be trapped inside as the death toll hit 40. The packed Shariatpur 1 vessel capsized in the early hours of Tuesday morning...
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BDNews24
| 1 year ago
Dhaka, Mar 13 (bdnews24.com)A Dhaka court on Tuesday remanded 12 African nationals and a Bangladeshi in police custody for interrogation in a counterfeit currency case. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Anwar Sadat granted police two days to question the...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Women mourn for their relatives after a ferry was struck by a barge and capsized in Munshiganj district, some 50 km (31 miles) south of Dhaka March 13, 2012. A ferry carrying more than 250 passengers sank in a river in Bangladesh on Tuesday after...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
At least 26 people died and more than 200 were missing Tuesday after a cargo ship struck a passenger launch in Bangladesh's Meghna River, officials said. Thirty passengers of the Dhaka-bound MV Shariatpur-1 swam to shore after the passenger ship was...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
At least 26 people died and more than 100 people were missing after a ferry sank in Bangladesh in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said, adding that about 35 survivors had been found. Rescue workers began retrieving bodies from inside the double-...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Associated Press in Dhaka Rescue workers in Bangladesh search the scene of the ferry tragedy. Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images A ferry packed with about 200 people has capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh , drowning 18 people and leaving dozens...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size Dozens of people are feared to have drowned after a ferry carrying 200 passengers sank after colliding with another ship in the river Meghna in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District. "We have been able to rescue 35 people from the wreckage and...
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Times of India
| 1 year ago
Nearly 250 persons are feared dead after a passenger ferry carrying nearly 300 people capsized in the early morning hours of Tuesday in Meghna river of Bangladesh. The ferry was heading towards capital Dhaka from Shariyatpur of Barishal division...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
While 50 people swam to safety following the mishap in the early hours of the morning, confusion prevailed over the fate of the rest of the passengers as well as over their numbers. "Fifty passengers swam ashore or were rescued by nearby fishing...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
At least 150 people were reported missing after a ferry with more than 250 people on board sank in a river in Southern Bangladesh Tuesday. The ferry, named MV Shariatpur-1, which was traveling from Shariatpur to Dhaka, collided with an oil-laden...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
At least 150 people were missing after a ferry carrying 200 passengers sank in Bangladesh on Tuesday morning, police said, adding that about 35 survivors had been found. The double-decker Shariatpur 1 ferry was hit by another vessel in the middle of...
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BBC South Asia
| 1 year ago
Scores missing after Bangladesh ferry sinks Scores of people are missing after a ferry with some 200 people aboard sunk in a river in southern Bangladesh, police say. They say about 35 people were rescued after the accident in the Meghna River, south-...
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BDNews24
| 1 year ago
Munsiganj, Mar 13 (bdnews24.com) A passenger ferry carrying more than 300 passengers has capsized in the river Meghna in the district's Gojaria upazila. Many were feared missing after at least 50 passengers were rescued. The accident took place early...
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China Post
| 1 year ago
More than 100,000 opposition supporters gathered in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Monday to demand the government step down and hold elections, police said. The biggest opposition demonstration since the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...
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BDNews24
| 1 year ago
Dhaka, Mar 12 (bdnews24.com) The government will on Mar 27 honour 129 foreign statesmen, philosophers, intellectuals, organisations and others, who helped Bangladesh in the Liberation War. "The prime minister approved the list of foreign...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Tens of thousands of people have joined an opposition rally in Bangladesh's capital to demand that a nonpartisan caretaker government oversee the next general election. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamist ally, Jamaat-e-...
