DHAKA--A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 39 people dead and 70 injured, officials said. Many passengers leapt from the vessel into ...

MUNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh, Aug 05 ... Most of the passengers on the double-decker ferry were returning to the capital Dhaka after celebrating Eid, the largest annual festival in the Muslim-majority ...

A ferry carrying about 500 passengers sank in a storm in southern Bangladesh overnight and officials ... was on its way to Patuakhali from Dhaka, officials said. It went down near Shatnal, a ...

Barguna is about 250km (155 miles) south of Dhaka. Ferry accidents are not uncommon in Bangladesh, with incidents blamed on overcrowding, and poor maintenance and safety standards in the country's ...

An overloaded ferry carrying up to 200 passengers sank Monday on a river in central Bangladesh ... south of the capital Dhaka. "We have heard that the ferry was overloaded with passengers and ...

Rescue officials said the ferry capsized after colliding with another vessel At least 32 people have died and many more are missing after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh, near the capital Dhaka.

Ferry operations on the Aricha-Kazirhat route have been suspended once again due to severe navigability issues. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) halted the service at 11pm on ...

DHAKA, Nov 28, (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and dozens are missing after a ferry packed with over 1,000 passengers going home to celebrate Eid-ul Adha listed and partly sank in southern ...

ADE: Hi, my name’s Ade Adepitan and I’m in Bangladesh on a ferry heading towards the capital city Dhaka and this is what a lot of people do when they’re hit by the effects of climate change ...

NEW DELHI, April 5. /TASS/. A small ferry with 50 people aboard sank on Sunday in Bangladesh after crushing into another ship. Xinhua reported Monday that 26 people died in the fatal accident ...

“We found and arrested him in Chittagong early today,” Rapid Action Battalion spokesman Ziaul Ahsan told reporters. The ferry was licensed to carry 85 passengers, but was packed with more than 200 ...