13.03.2012
At least 150 passengers were missing after a ferry carrying around 300 people capsized in a river in central Bangladesh after a head-on collision with an oil tanker, officials said.
While 50 people swam to safety following the mishap in the early hours of the morning, confusion prevailed over the fate of the rest of the passengers as well as over their numbers.
"Fifty passengers swam ashore or were rescued by nearby fishing boats and two other launches... we fear 150 passengers are missing," president of Inland Waterways Passenger Career Association, Badiuzzaman Badal, said.
The tragedy occurred at suburban Munshiganj area on the Meghna River after the ferry collided head-on with a tanker carrying oil, officials and witnesses said.
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