3 drown, 10 missing as boat capsizes in Meghna
Three kids drowned and at least 10 people went missing as a boat capsized in the Meghna River during a storm in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known as of filing of this report at 9:30pm yesterday.
An engine-driven boat with 60/70 passengers aboard was going to Bogargoth in the upazila from Narsingdi's Puranchar Bazar.
The boat was caught in the storm at around 1:30pm and capsized in the mid river. Most of the passengers managed to swim ashore while 13 others went missing.
Locals later recovered the bodies of three minor children from the river.
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