Passenger trawler sinks
Goods worth about Tk 15 lakh went into the river as a passenger trawler sank in the Meghna River at Puran Bazar area in Chandpur after another trawler hit it yesterday afternoon. Thirty-five passengers of the trawler either swam ashore or were rescued by nearby boatmen. The passengers who survived the accident said, the trawler was carrying 35 passengers, 40 sacks of rice, 15 sacks of flour, eight cartons of salt and six sacks of lentil. The trawler left Puran Bazar Bhuiyan Ghat at around 2:30 pm yesterday for Eidgah ferry ghat.
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