Divers found 32 more bodies today to boost the death toll in a weekend ferry sinking to 114, as rescuers searched for dozens more people missing in a river near the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka.

AT least 79 people were killed and nearly 120 were missing after a Bangladeshi ferry capsized in a storm on a river near the capital Dhaka, police and officials said yesterday.

A Bangladesh ferry sank during a tropical storm overnight, leaving at least 37 people dead and 150 missing, rescue officials said today.

Rescuers resumed their search today for about 150 passengers still missing after a river ferry capsized in a tropical storm in south-eastern Bangladesh, as the confirmed death toll rose to 20.

A river ferry carrying about 250 passengers capsized early today during a tropical storm in south-eastern Bangladesh and most of those aboard were feared dead, police said.

A river ferry carrying about 250 passengers capsized early today during a tropical storm in south-eastern Bangladesh and many were feared dead, police said.

Seventy-two more bodies have washed ashore days after an overcrowded ferry sank with about 750 people on board in southern Bangladesh, officials in Chandpur said today.

BANGLADESH navy divers used metal detectors yesterday in a vain effort to locate a ferry sucked into a whirlpool two days ago, killing hundreds of people on board.

OVERCROWDING may have caused the death of 600 people who were missing and feared dead yesterday after a river ferry capsized in southern Bangladesh.

Around 600 people were missing feared dead today after a ferry packed with at least 750 passengers capsized in a rain-swollen river in southern Bangladesh, rescue officials said.

A ferry carrying nearly 400 passengers has sunk in a storm in southern Bangladesh.