Ferry capsizes in Bangladesh
Rescuers have recovered 17 bodies and efforts continue to recover more.
Published On 29 Feb 2008
According to Sufia Begum, a fire brigade official in Dhaka, most of the bodies were found inside the hull of the wooden ferry, named MV Saurav.
Local residents have joined police and fire brigade divers in the rescue operation.
Unsafe ferries
The ferry had been traveling from Dhaka to the nearby town of Taltala.
This was the first major ferry disaster in Bangladesh since May 2005, when 150 people were killed after a ferry with 200 passengers went down in a river during a storm.
Ferry accidents, blamed on lax rules and unsafe practices, are common in the country.
Source: News Agencies