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Cargo vessel sinks in Bay

June 20, 2015 00:00:00


A cargo vessel capsised in the Bay of Bengal near Sandwip Channel in Chittagong on Saturday afternoon. The Sandwip-bound cargo vessel from Kumiraghat of Sitakundu upazila sank in the Bay with 20/25 crewmen around 2:00pm due to inclement weather, said Ekhtekhar Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sitakundu Police Station. Casualties from the incident could not be known immediately, added the OC. However, local people salvaged the sunken vessel, according to UNB.


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