Rumi Akter Polly of DOT
[2] The speedboat carrying 18 passengers left Koralia launch ghat for Galachipa’s Panpatti launch ghat around 5:00pm yesterday, reports kalerkantho.com.
[3] The speedboat capsized after half an hour on the river, Rangabali Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mashfaqur Rahman said quoting passengers.
[4] Thirteen passengers managed to swim ashore while five others went missing, he said.[5] The missing passengers are police personnel Mahibbulla (35), NGO workers Md Kabir (30), Mostafa (35), Hasan (25) and Imran (25), said Ali Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Rangabali Police Station.
[6] Meanwhile, a college student went missing while fishing in Padma River yesterday morning in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi, reports Daily Sun.The missing student has been identified as Rakibul Islam, 19, student of Shahdowla Government College.
Chawkrajapur Union Parishad Chairman Azizul Azam said Rakibul along with his friend was fishing in the river in the morning when he was swept away by strong current amid rough weather.
Locals and divers are looking for Rakibul, he said.