Eight people, including three of a family, were killed and seven went missing as an engine boat capsized in the River Meghna in the Narsingdi district headquarters on Friday night.
The deceased are Hasan Miah, 50, his wife Setara Begum, 45, and grand-daughter Barsha Begum, 12, of Nabipur, Atker Hossain, 40, Aleya Begum, 35, and Selim Miah, 12, of Dilarpur, Faruk, 25, of Chhagariapara and Abul Hossain of Jamalia Kandi in the upazila.
Witnesses and survivors said that the boat headed for Jamaliakandi with 30 passengers on board sank in the river at Balughat after being caught in a storm about 7:00pm.
At least 15 passengers managed to swim ashore, survivors said. Local people and the police found five bodies in the river at night.
Fire Brigade and Civil Service divers later recovered three more bodies on Saturday morning. Rescue operations were under way, the police said.
Relatives of the people who went missing gathered on the river bank and some of them joined the rescue operation.
The Narsingdi deputy commissioner, Amrito Baroi, said they had handed over the bodies to the families for burial.
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