50 missing in launch capsize
Our Correspondent, Barisal
About 50 people went missing after a launch capsized in the Bishkhali river in Barguna last evening. The Dhaka-bound MV Sadia hit a Barguna-bound launch, MV Niharika, carrying 150 passengers at Khalpotua ghat in Barguna at around 5:30pm. As Niharika sank in the river, locals rescued around 100 passengers while the rest 50 were still missing until 10:00pm last night, witnesses said.
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