1 killed in boat capsize
One person was killed as a boat carrying 7 to 8 passengers sank in the Dakatia river at Chandpur after a passenger launch hit it at around 10:30 pm on Wednesday. All the passengers but boatman Hashim Khan, 40, managed to swim ashore. Witnesses said, MV Al Walid, which left for Hularhat from Dhaka, hit the boat at Bhuiyar Ghat area. Seriously injured boatman Hashim Khan was rescued and taken to Chandpur Sadar Hospital where he died. Hashim hailed form Tarabunia in Shariatpur district.
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