ferry capsize news – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com Impart Educate Propel Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:33:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://nepalireporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-RN_Logo-32x32.png ferry capsize news – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com 32 32 Ferry with 100 aboard capsizes in Bangladesh https://nepalireporter.com/2013/02/7110 https://nepalireporter.com/2013/02/7110#respond Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:33:50 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=7110 DHAKA: News reports say a ferry packed with more than 100 people has capsized in a river in central Bangladesh.

Reports say local villagers rescued 38 people after the ferry went down in a river in Munshiganj district, 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of Dhaka.

Government officials were not immediately available for comment.

The reports say the ferry was on a local run from Narayanganj city to Matlab in the south. A rescue ship has been sent to the scene.

Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh, a delta nation of 153 million people.

 

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