“The local rescuers so far retrieved some 47 bodies as searches for more were underway as the trawler upturned after being hit by a passenger ferry,” Additional Police Superintendent Anwar Hossain said. He said the trawler was reportedly carrying some 80 passengers as it was plying on a local route when it collided head-on with the launch.
(Published 04 December 2009, 16:25 IST)