A woman died and eight people, including four of a family, went missing as a trawler capsized after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead in the Meghna River in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Suborna Begum.
Those who remained missing were Sohel Rana, a police constable of Bhairab highway police, his wife Moushumi, 25, their daughter Mahmuda, 7, and son Raisul, 5, Rupa Dey, 30, wife of Jhantu Dey, Araddhya, 12, niece of Rupa, and Belon Dey, 38, brother-in-law of Rupa, of Bhairab upazila, and Anika Akter, 18, of Narsingdi district.
Azizul Haque Rajon, station officer of Bhairab Fire Service, said the trawler carrying 20 people sank in the river when the bulkhead hit the trawler around 6pm under Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge on Friday.
On information, divers from the local fire service rushed to the spot and rescued 12 people with the help of local people.
The divers also rescued an unconscious woman and took her to Bhairab Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared her dead.
The rescue operation was suspended for the night.
On Saturday morning, the divers started the rescue operation but no bodies were retrieved till filing of this report at 12 noon.
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