Fourteen dead after ferry capsizes

Rescuers have recovered a dozen more bodies after a ferry reportedly carrying up to 100 passengers capsized on a river in central Bangladesh, raising the death toll to 14.

Fourteen dead after ferry capsizes

Rescuers have recovered a dozen more bodies after a ferry reportedly carrying up to 100 passengers capsized on a river in central Bangladesh, raising the death toll to 14.

Dozens of passengers were rescued or swam to shore after the ferry went down on Friday on the River Meghna in Munshiganj district, 20 miles south of the capital, Dhaka.

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