Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers on board

File photo of the crowded passenger boats in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the run-up to the Eid al-Adha. The ferry MV Miraj-4 lifted on the way from Dhaka to Shariatpur. Photo: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
A Bangladeshi ferry with some 200 passengers has capsized in a river near Dhaka, police reported that at least six bodies had made well again, and a rescue ship on the way to the site.
Lifted the MV-Miraj-4 ferries in the stormy weather in the Meghna river near Rasulpur in the Munsiganj district, 27km (16 miles) from the capital on Thursday. The accident occurred at around 3:30 local time. The ferry had direction Shariatpur from Dhaka.
"We are at the point with rescue team, heading," said Saiful Hassan Badal, Deputy Commissioner Munsiganj District said. He said the Navy and Coast Guard sent rescue teams and had a ship sent from Dhaka.
Six bodies have so far recovered have been including a child after Oliur Rahman, a police officer at the scene.

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