Cargo boat with salt worth Tk 35 lakh capsizes

A cargo boat laden with 560 metric tons of crude salt worth over Tk 35 lakh capsized in Kazibacha river near Batiaghata upazila in the district on Wednesday.

The boat, capsized due to major mechanical fault, could not be salvaged till 5:30pm yesterday, sources said.

The cargo boat ML Julia left Chittagong Majhirhat for Titas Salt Industry at Phultala in Khulna on January 25.