Rafiqul Islam, one of the survivors, told AFP that smugglers had lured him onto the boat with the promise of a job in Malaysia. “Many of us were kept in the holding area of the trawler, some died there. I was burnt by the oil spilled from the trawler,” said Rafiqul, 40. He said the […]
Locals of Rajegaon of Hatia upazila in Noakhali yesterday recovered the bodies of five fishermen who had drowned after their trawler capsized in the Meghna Friday. The deceased were identified as Prodip Chandra Das, 51, Ratan Chandra Das, 48, Ramesh Chandra Das, 44, Jagannath Chandra Das, 51, and Dinesh Chandra Das, 40. All of them […]
