KABUL (Pajhwok): Two dozen people have been killed and many more have been missing after as an overcrowded boat sank in a river in Bangladesh, AFP reports.
On its way back from a Hindu temple on the other side of the River Karatoa in Panchagarh district, the boat capsized on Sunday afternoon.
Police officer SM Sirajul Huda was quoted as saying divers and area people found 24 bodies by evening. A dozen women and eight children were among the fatalities.
Up to 25 people are still missing, with 10 individuals rescued and evacuated to hospital. A number of passengers swam . . .
