Bangladesh ferry toll rises

The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry in southern Bangladesh rose to 62 after the recovery of an additional four bodies.

The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry in southern Bangladesh rose to 62 after the recovery of an additional four bodies.

Local police official Mohammad Bayezid said rescuers plucked four bodies from the River Tetulia, where the overcrowded triple-deck ferry capsized.

The MV Coco was packed with hundreds of travellers leaving Dhaka to head home for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha when it went down late on Friday as it arrived at Nazirhat town in the coastal district of Bhola, about 60 miles south of the capital Dhaka.

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