DHAKA, Dec 19 (IANS) - All 35 dead in a boat capsize in northeastern Bangladesh were women and children, media reports said Sunday. At least 10 people are still missing.
The accident occurred when their motorboat collided with a trawler carrying sand at around 9.30 p.m. Saturday on the Surma river in Sunamganj district, around 290 km northeast of Dhaka.
Among the few survivors was a farmer named Mohabbat Ali, who jumped off the boat immediately after the collision occurred.
Around 40 passengers swam ashore while local people rescued several others, The Daily Star reported.
DHAKA, Dec 19 (IANS) - All 35 dead in a boat capsize in northeastern Bangladesh were women and children, media reports said Sunday. At least 10 people are still missing.
The accident occurred when their motorboat collided with a trawler carrying sand at around 9.30 p.m. Saturday on the Surma river in Sunamganj district, around 290 km northeast of Dhaka.
Among the few survivors was a farmer named Mohabbat Ali, who jumped off the boat immediately after the collision occurred.
Around 40 passengers swam ashore while local people rescued several others, The Daily Star reported.
