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Thursday, November 14, 2024  
12 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446  

7 dead in Bangladesh ferry sinking

At least seven people have died and about 150 people are missing after a ferry sank in Bangladesh.

Officials said 35 survivors had been found after the sinking early on Tuesday morning.

Rescue workers began recovering bodies from the double-decker Shariatpur 1 ferry, which was hit by another vessel in the middle of the Meghna river just southeast of the capital, Dhaka.