DHAKA — Five people died and rescue workers searched for survivors after a small ferry packed with up to 50 passengers sank having collided with another boat in Bangladesh on Sunday, officials said.
The vessel sank in the Shitalakhsya river around 6:00 pm after leaving the central industrial city of Narayanganj, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the capital Dhaka, for the nearby district of Munshiganj, officials told AFP.
A local police inspector said the ferry was packed with passengers rushing to leave Narayanganj after the government confirmed a seven-day lockdown across the country from Monday to combat the recent rise in Covid-19 cases.
“The death toll is five,” the gover…
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