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173 fisherman missing after 50 trawlers sink in Bangladesh sea
Barisal (Bangladesh), July 27: At least 173 fishermen were missing today off Bangladesh`s coast after 20 trawlers sank in rough weather in the Bay of Bengal, as six other people died in a separate capsizing, officials said.
Barisal (Bangladesh), July 27: At least 173
fishermen were missing today off Bangladesh's coast after 20
trawlers sank in rough weather in the Bay of Bengal, as six
other people died in a separate capsizing, officials said.
In the Borguna district on the southern coast, 77
fishermen on 12 trawlers were unaccounted for after a sudden
and heavy downpour, said chief of the local trawler owners
association, Golam Mostafa Chowdhury.
He said 92 other fishermen caught in the rain had
returned safely or were rescued by late yesterday, but the
monsoon and high waves had hampered the search for the
remainder.
Survivors said they saw seven bodies swept away in the
sea, but Chowdhury said he could not immediately confirm any
deaths.
In the nearby Patuakhali district, eight fishing trawlers
were also lost late Saturday with 96 fishermen on board, said
officials of the Kalapara fishing trawlers cooperative
society, who feared the missing may not have survived a day on
the dangerous sea.
The fishing officials said about 200 trawlers had gone out to the bay of Bengal from the area but all but eight had been able to return safely.
In a separate incident in the western Bangladesh district of Natore, at least six people died when a small boat carrying 45 picnickers sank late Friday in the drenched wetland, agencies reported.
Bureau Report.
The fishing officials said about 200 trawlers had gone out to the bay of Bengal from the area but all but eight had been able to return safely.
In a separate incident in the western Bangladesh district of Natore, at least six people died when a small boat carrying 45 picnickers sank late Friday in the drenched wetland, agencies reported.
Bureau Report.