DHAKA: An overloaded fishing trawler carrying migrants to Malaysia sank in strong currents off the coast of Bangladesh with tens of passengers missing in the country’s latest maritime accident, officials said.
Emergency workers rescued 32 Bangladeshis in the Bay of Bengal after the boat capsized some 2.5km offshore, police and the coastguard said.
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