Casualties feared after bus plunges into Bangladesh's Padma River
The bus fell into the river while boarding the ferry in the central Rajbari district.
Many people are feared dead in central Bangladesh after a passenger bus with at least 40 people on board fell into the Padma River while it was boarding a ferry.
The fire department said their diving team has started working at the scene, while a technical team has been dispatched from the capital, Dhaka.
Local Channel 24 TV reported that 17 passengers have been rescued, while divers are working to rescue the rest.
The incident happened at the Daulatdia ferry terminal in the town of Goalanda in Rajbari.
It came in the wake of the seven-day Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, with millions of people returning to Dhaka.
On Sunday, at least 12 people were killed and 26 others injured in a bus-train collision in the country’s southeastern Comilla district.