Dhaka – At least 23 people were killed and several dozen more were missing on Sunday after a boat capsized in a river in Bangladesh, police said.
‘We have recovered 23 bodies. Firefighters and divers are searching for more bodies,’ local police official Shafiqul Islam told AFP.
The boat was packed with up to 50 Hindu pilgrims, police said.
They were travelling to a centuries-old temple when the vessel