Independent journal on economy and transport policy
01:42 GMT+2
Launch salvaged, 44 bodies recovered
(The Independent)
May 6, 2002
Many more still missing
CHANDPUR, May 5: The Patuakhali-bound launch was salvaged at 8-15 tonight, 47 hours after it capsized in the midstream of the Meghna with about 400 passengers, reports UNB.
Fortyfour bodies floating in the river have so far been recovered today raising the death toll to 46. Two bodies were recovered on Saturday.
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