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Bangladesh ferry accident leaves 46 dead

AFP - Fri Dec 4, 12:32 pm ET

At least 46 people died in northeastern Bangladesh on Friday after a ferry capsized and sank, police said, the second such accident in the impoverished nation in a week.

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Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock; 37 dead
Lake County News-Sun - Sun Nov 29, 5:18 am ET
A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing. The vessel tipped and partially sank in the Tetulia River.
Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes at Dock
International Herald Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 12:05 am ET
Authorities say a ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 dead and scores missing.
Death toll in Bangladesh ferry capsize rises to 45
FOX 11 Tucson - Sun Nov 29, 4:18 am ET
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A rescue ship has righted a tilted triple-deck ferry, revealing five more bodies hours after the boat capsized near a dock in southern Bangladesh.
Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh; 58 dead
Channel 8 San Diego - Sun Nov 29, 12:24 am ET
A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 58 people have...
Bangladesh ferry accident toll hits 54: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 9:27 am ET
Bangladeshi rescue workers searched for more bodies on Sunday after righting an overloaded ferry that capsized in an accident that claimed at least 54 lives.
Suspect in 1999 murders may have died recently in Bangladesh prison
Post-Bulletin - Mon Nov 30, 10:18 am ET
A man wanted in Rochester for killing his wife and nephew may be dead.
At least 10 killed in Bangladesh ferry accident
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:31 pm ET
At least 10 people were killed and dozens are missing after a ferry packed with over 1,000 passengers going home to celebrate Eid-ul Adha listed and partly sank in southern Bangladesh, police said.
23 die in Bangladesh ferry capsizing
UPI - Sat Nov 28, 7:28 am ET
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- At least 23 people died when a ferry carrying 1,500 passengers capsized in southwestern Bangladesh, officials said Saturday.
Bangladesh ferry toll at 51 as ship righted
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 7:02 am ET
Rescue workers searched for more bodies on Sunday after righting an overloaded Bangladeshi ferry that capsized in an accident that claimed at least 51 lives.
Bangladesh ferry capsizes
The Wenatchee World - Sat Nov 28, 10:34 pm ET
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday. M.V. Coco, traveling from the capital Dhaka, went down late Friday as it arrived at Nazirhat town in the coastal district of Bhola, 64 miles to the south ...
Bangladesh ferry toll at 40, but set to rise: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 2:51 am ET
Bangladeshi rescue workers on Sunday pulled more bodies from a capsized ferry as police said at least 40 people had died and warned that "scores" more corpses remained in the vessel.
At least 37 die in Bangladesh ferry disaster
MSNBC - Sat Nov 28, 12:23 am ET
A ferry packed capsized as passengers disembarked in Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
Ferry death toll rises to 62
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 11:51 pm ET
The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose to 62 Monday after rescuers recovered an additional four bodies, police said.
Bangladesh ferry accident death toll rises to 35 - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 28, 12:41 pm ET
Dhaka - The death toll from ferry accident in Bangladesh's southern Bhola district rose to 35 on Saturday, after rescuers retrieved 18 more bodies trapped in the emersed vessel, officials said. Some 30 passengers were still missing when rescue operat...
Bahrain cracks down on illegal immigration
World Tribune - Mon Nov 30, 9:23 pm ET
ABU DHABI — Bahrain's interior ministry has directed to track and deport illegal migrants to the sheikdom. Officials said thousands of south Asians, particularly from Bangladesh and Pakistan, were infiltrating Bahrain and flooding the job market.