Meghna trawler capsize: Death toll rises to 10

The death toll from Thursday’s trawler capsize in the Meghna River rose to 10 as six more bodies of women were recovered from the river till this afternoon.

Divers of fire service and civil defence and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority recovered the bodies found floating in different areas in the river during their seven-hour long search since the morning, reports our local correspondent quoting police.

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They have also been able to trace the location of the sunken trawler, Maksudur Rahman, a sub-inspector of Sonargaon Police Station, told our correspondent.

“We are trying to salvage the trawler,” the police official added.

The trawler capsized in the river with 15 to 16 passengers yesterday afternoon at Char Kishoreganj near Munshiganj district. Soon after the incident, some of the passengers managed to swim ashore from the river.