Rescue workers in Bangladesh have found nearly 200 bodies after refloating a ferry boat that sank on Friday night. Up to 300 people are believed to have been drowned when the ferry sank, 100 miles south of Dhaka in a storm. It was one of the worst Bangladesh ferry disasters since the 1980s.
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Bodies recovered after ferry disaster
Updated: 23:40, Monday, 6 May 2002
Rescue workers in Bangladesh have found nearly 200 bodies after refloating a ferry boat that sank on Friday night.
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