UNB, Bagerhat

Three fishing trawlers sank yesterday in the Bay of Bengal, leaving a least 10 fishermen missing amid depression.
Some survivors who managed to swim ashore said heavy winds caused the accident, as some 28 fishermen were aboard at Narikelbaria and Kotka areas. “Of them, about 18 returned safely but the rest remained unaccounted for,” said Alauddin, one of the trawler owners from Kachikhali area.
coast guard captain Abidur Rahman said search for the missing was on at various points of the coast. [Read more]