UNB, Keraniganj :The death toll from Thursday’s trawler capsize in the Buriganga River at Aliganj Ghat in South Keraniganj rose to 17 with the recovery of another unidentified body from the river on Monday.Locals spotted the body of the unidentified man, aged around 40, and informed police who later recovered it from near Sadarghat Launch Terminal-1 at noon.Confirming the incident, sub-inspector of South Keraniganj Police Station Kamal said they sent the body to Mitford Hospital.Earlier, the bodies of 16 people were retrieved after the trawler coming fromBeltali of Chandpur sank in the river after being hit by a sand-laden trawler at about 11:45am on Thursday.Most of the passengers managed to swim ashore or were rescued while several others went missing.
