Boat sank with vehicles: Padma river tragedy. Manikganj correspondent update

Manikganj Deputy Commissioner Rehana Akhtar told Prothom Alo that 10 people have been rescued. Four of them swam to the shore while fire service personnel rescued the other six. Shah Mohammad Khalid Newaz, deputy managing director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Aricha office, said ferry operations were stopped on the Paturia-Daulatdiya route at […]

Boat accident kills 3

A boat was capsized in the river Mahishkhola near Ramnathpur area of Kalmakanda upazila yesterday At least 3 people died in the accident and 15 others missing. According to witnesses, the engine-driven boat started from Mahishkhola Ghat for Dhoshder of Barhatta upazila with about35 passengers on board. The incident took place at about 10:00 a.m., […]