... 54 bodies so far. We fear that more people are trapped in the sunken ferry,” district police chief SM Nazrul ... five-member investigation committee to find out the cause of the fatal ferry mishap. The probe body has been asked to report its ... in Tetulia river on late Friday when the passengers tried to get down from the ferry in a mess before it was anchored in the remote southern coastal village ...

... “We don’t know how many people are still trapped inside the ferry. But anyone still there has no chance of survival,” police official ... boat to tilt on one side.” The ferry was crowded with people heading home to celebrate ... southern city of Barisal to pull the submerged ferry from the water, but it was unclear whether it would be able to reach the shore because of the shallow ...

... a river station near the town of Lalmohan on Bhola Island, a local police chief said. The ferry was crowded and the weight of disembarking passengers caused it to tip and partially sink, reports said. At ... al-Adha. The MV Coco-4 is one of Bangladesh's largest inland vessels. Ferry accidents occur frequently in Bangladesh - typically blamed on unsafe, ageing boats and overcrowding.  ...

Back in October, BEDY ferry service made a soft launch through Facebook and this Web-Magazine pointed out no Booze, Cigarettes were allowed and if you got ... launch is not on schedule;- November 27th, 2009 The Management of BEDY Oceanline apologizes for the delay in the launching of its ferry service and wishes to inform the general public that the service is still on stream. This change is due ...

DHAKA: A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in ... , splitting the hull. As passengers scrambled to abandon the vessel, it tipped and partially sank in the Tetulia River. Bangladesh Ferry Capsize Toll Rises to 45 was first posted on November 29, 2009 at 8:25 pm.

(CNN) — A ferry crammed with people capsized late Friday night in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 passengers, police said. The boat had a capacity of 1,500, but was overcrowded with about 2,000 people, said Nazrul Islam, the police chief of Bangladesh’s southern Bhola district. They were traveling from the capital, Dhaka, to their homes in Bhola for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. ...