Hundreds still missing after ferry sucked into whirlpool

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.

So far, rescuers and villagers retrieved 45 bodies from the Meghna river, which flows into the Bay of Bengal through Chandpur, where the ferry sank.

“Whatever would be the outcome, we will continue the search at least for two more days,” said Abdur Rab Hawlader, administrator of Chandpur district.