Bodies of 30 people including eight women and three children were recovered after a launch, carrying over 150 passengers, capsized in the Buriganga River near Shyambazar on Monday morning.
Rozina Akhter, duty officer of fire service headquarters control room, said 30 bodies were retrieved from the sunken launch.
The bodies were sent to Mitford Hospital.
Shajahan Shikder, deputy assistant director (media) of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters , said that the sunken launch was traced around 11:33 am.
According to the duty officer at the control room of Fire Service, the Dhaka-bound ‘MV Morning Bird’ launch from Munshiganj sank in the river around 9:33 am after being hit by another launch ‘Mayur-2’ while the launch was anchoring in Farashganj ghat.
On information, fire service divers rushed to spot and started the rescue operation, said the official.
The ‘MV Morning Bird’ launch carrying over 150 passengers sank in the river.
According to witnesses, around 50 passengers managed to swim ashore with the help of locals.
