The body of a man was recovered on Friday morning, five hours after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal. At least 10 people are believed to be missing after the incident.
12 others were rescued after the boat sank 30 miles west of Cox's Bazar in the deep sea around 7:00am on Friday, said Lt Commander Md Saiful Islam, staff officer of Bangladesh Coastguard's East Zone, reports bdnews24.com.
"The trawler had 23 people on board. A body was recovered around 12 pm while 12 people were rescued alive. Ten others are still missing."
The survivors were rescued by an LNG carrier and a fishing boat. They are currently being tended to in the ships, said Saiful.
"The coastguard and the navy are conducting search operations for the missing people. A Bangladesh Navy ship is heading towards the scene."
But the official could not immediately confirm the cause of the vessel's capsizing or the identities of the missing.
