At least 600 drown as ferry sinks

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

The triple-deck vessel which officially had 750 people on board sank

in 200 feet of water at the confluence of the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia rivers near Chandpur, 64km south of Dhaka.