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    24 killed in Bangladesh on way to Mahalaya rituals after boat capsizes on Karatoya River

    The boat capsized on Sunday afternoon after reaching the middle of the Karatoya River due to carrying more passengers than it was legally allowed to. Although many passengers managed to swim ashore, the majority of them remain missing.




    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Digital Desk: On Sunday,
    a boat capsized on the Karatoya River in Bangladesh's northern Panchagarh
    district, leaving at least 24 people dead and numerous more missing.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The incident happened in
    the Maria Union Parishad neighbourhood of Boda Upazila's Auliar Ghat area (an
    administrative region in Bangladesh functioning as a sub-unit of a district).
    Hindus from the Boda, Panchpir, Marea, and Banghari regions were travelling
    from Aulia Ghat to the Badheshwar temple to offer prayers on the festival of
    Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion in the Hindu calendar celebrating the coming
    of Goddess Durga, according to rescued passengers and locals.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The boat capsized on
    Sunday afternoon after reaching the middle of the Karatoya River due to
    carrying more passengers than it was legally allowed to. Although many
    passengers managed to swim ashore, the majority of them remain missing.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Mohammad Zahurul Islam,
    the Deputy Commissioner for Panchagarh, hurried to the scene as soon as he
    received the information. 24 individuals drowned, according to the deputy
    commissioner, because the boat was overloaded with passengers. Women and kids
    are among the bodies that have been found so far, according to Islam.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The Boda police
    station's officer in charge, Sujoy Kumar Roy, indicated that rescue efforts for
    the missing people are in progress. Locals and rescued passengers estimated
    that there were at than 30 missing people. To investigate the occurrence, a
    team of five people has been assembled.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">According to Rajiur
    Rahman, the health and family planning officer for Boda Upazila, seven of the
    24 bodies that have been found so far have been stored in the health complex.



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    color:black">More than 95% of Bangladesh's tens of thousands of medium- and
    small-sized boats, according to naval sources quoted by news agency ANI, do not
    adhere to the minimum safety requirements. However, millions of Bangladeshis
    rely on boats and ferries to get to the nation's capital, Dhaka, or other
    significant cities.



    color:black">Earlier this year, a passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship
    and overturned near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, leaving at least six people
    dead and a number of others missing.



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