4 killed in trawler capsize
Four people were drowned after a trawler capsized in the Ichhamati River in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Mohiuddin Chhoton, 26, staff reporter of the daily Bangladesh Shomoy, Golam Kibria Konok, a cloth trader, 30, businessman Shahidul Islam Azad, 38, and Wahid Imran, 25.
Fire brigade divers recovered three bodies, 15 hours after the incident, from the river around 12:15pm yesterday while the fourth body was recovered later in the afternoon.
The trawler sank while going to Tekerhat Lalon festival with 60 passengers on board. It collided with a sand-laden vessel around 9:00pm.
All the passengers except the four managed to swim ashore.
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