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Death toll rises to 70 in Bangladesh ferry disaster
Updated On: 23 February, 2015 02:20 PM IST | | PTI
The death toll in Bangladesh's ferry disaster today rose to 70 after divers recovered more bodies from the Padma River in which an overcrowded boat with over 150 passengers sank after colliding with a trawler
Dhaka: The death toll in Bangladesh's ferry disaster today rose to 70 after divers recovered more bodies from the Padma River in which an overcrowded boat with over 150 passengers sank after colliding with a trawler.
"We are formally wrapping up the main rescue operations as the sunken ferry has been salvaged but searches for more bodies will continue for next few days," Deputy Commissioner of Administrative Chief Central Manikganj district Rasheda Ferdous told reporters.
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