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| Bangladesh ferry capsizes in river near Dhaka | Bangladesh ferry capsizes in river near Dhaka |
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| A ferry carrying around 100 people has sunk in a river near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, reports say. | A ferry carrying around 100 people has sunk in a river near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, reports say. |
| A number of people were said to be unaccounted for after the MV Sarosh went down in the Meghna River. | |
| District administrator Saifuddin Badal told the AFP news agency that about 25 people had swum to the shore but that about 50 were unaccounted for. | |
| Ferry accidents are common on Bangladesh's vast river network and scores of people are killed every year. | Ferry accidents are common on Bangladesh's vast river network and scores of people are killed every year. |
| Such incidents are often blamed on overcrowding and poor quality of the boats, which are the main form of travel in parts of rural parts of the country. | |
| In March last year, more than 112 died when a ferry on the wide and fast-moving Meghna River collided with an oil tanker and sank. | |
| Reports say the MV Sarosh had been travelling from Dhaka to Chandpur district, to the south. It went down as it was passing through the Munshiganj district, about 30km (20 miles) south of Dhaka. | |
| Dozens of people were reportedly rescued. Local media said the ferry had been hit by another vessel. |