At least five people are killed and dozens are missing in a Bangladesh ferry accident




DHAKA — At least five people have died and dozens have gone missing after a small ferry full of passengers collided with a freighter and sank on the Sitaraksha River in central Bangladesh on Sunday. According to local police official Mohammad Monilzaman, five bodies were recovered as they departed for Munshiganji from the industrial area of ​​Narayanganji, about 20 kilometers (12.43 miles) from the capital Dhaka after the ferry sank. The dead included two women and two children, “rescue efforts for the missing are underway,” he added. Police say the exact number of missing people is unknown, but more than 50 passengers are on board and some have landed. Hundreds of people die each year in ferry accidents in Bangladesh, in the lowlands of South Asia, where inland waterways are wide but safety standards are loose. Almost …