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Vol. 5 Num 1121 Thu. July 26, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


Two missing after falling into Karnaphuli


Two workers of a ship at Chittagong port went missing after they fell in the river Karnaphuli while painting the ship yesterday morning.

Port sources said the incident occurred at around 11:00am at the CUFL (Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Company Ltd) jetty of the port.

The two workers, identified as Nizam and Sohel, were engaged in painting Banglar Kollol, a ship of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), with two other fellow workers.

Rescuers couldn't trace the missing workers till filing of this report at 5:45pm yesterday.