Dhaka: At least 48 people, including many women and children, were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded ferry with over 150 passengers sank in a river in northwestern Bangladesh after colliding with a trawler, the latest maritime tragedy to hit the country.
The ferry, heading to Paturia from Daulatdia in Rajbari, was hit by the cargo trawler in the Padma River – one of the Bangladesh’s largest trans-boundary rivers, a senior police official of Manikganj district said. The site is 40 kilometres northwest from here. (PTI)
