UNB, Noakhali :
A trawler with over 100 passengers on board sank in the Meghna River near Chairmanghat in Hatiya uapzila on Friday.
Hatiya thana Officer-in-Charge Syed Fazle Rabbi said the trawler, ‘Rebeka’, that left Nalchira Ghat at around 9 am hit an emerging shoal and sank in the river around 11 am while heading towards Chairmanghat.
Hearing the screams of people, locals rushed to the spot in speedboats and trawlers and rescued most of the passengers, Fazle Rabbi said. He, however, could not exactly say how many passengers remain missing.
A trawler with over 100 passengers on board sank in the Meghna River near Chairmanghat in Hatiya uapzila on Friday.
Hatiya thana Officer-in-Charge Syed Fazle Rabbi said the trawler, ‘Rebeka’, that left Nalchira Ghat at around 9 am hit an emerging shoal and sank in the river around 11 am while heading towards Chairmanghat.
Hearing the screams of people, locals rushed to the spot in speedboats and trawlers and rescued most of the passengers, Fazle Rabbi said. He, however, could not exactly say how many passengers remain missing.
