Two dead, 50 missing as Bangladesh ferry sinks

At least two people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a river in coastal area on Friday night, police said.

Police said rescuers rushed to the scene where the M.V. Coco-4 sank in the Tetulia river near the town of Lalmohan in Bhola district some 300km (219 miles) south of Dhaka.

The ferry sank as it listed to one side when passengers were disembarking at a ferry terminal, the police said.

No further details were available.