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Launch sinks with 250 passengers in Meghna : March 13, 2012

Highlights: Launch with more than 250 passengers onboard capsized In Meghna & Building catches fire in city.
Broadcast On: Banglavision
Date: March 13, 2012
News Summary: A launch with more than 250 passengers onboard capsized in the river Meghna after being hit by a cargo near Gozaria of Munshiganj early Tuesday. Thirty of the passengers managed to swim ashore while the rest remain missing till 9:50am. Md Azizul Alam, deputy commissioner of Munshiganj, confirmed that Dhaka-bound MV Shariatpur-1 sank into the river after it was hit by an oil-laden cargo around 2:30am. Rescue vessel MV Rustom reached the spot in the morning and was trying to trace the sunken vessel.