More Than 100 Missing After Ferry Capsizes
From Times Wire Reports
A river ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a storm in northern Bangladesh, killing at least two people and leaving more than 100 missing, state-run Bangladesh Television reported.
Rescuers found two bodies after the ferry went down in the Nangsigndi River in Kishorganj district, 50 miles north of the capital, Dhaka, the report said. Fewer than 100 people swam ashore or were rescued by local fishermen. The missing were being sought.
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