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Two Crore Worth of Goods Trawler Capsized, 3 Crewmen
Missed in
Teknaf, June 28: A trawler with two crore worth of goods has been capsized and three crewmen
were missed at the mouth of
The trawler was hit at midnight by tornado and sank at the mouth of Naf River off the Saint Martin Island of Bangladesh with 10
crewmen while en-route to land port of Teknaf town,
he more added.
After the incident, other trawlers rescued seven of the crewmen while three are
still missing. Local people believe that other three have been died. All the
crewmen are Burmese nationals, said a rescued crewman to our source.
The trawler was carrying more than 10
tons of slippers, dry fish, vinegary items and other goods worth Taka 2 crore from Akyab (Sittwe),
The trawler is belonging to Bangladeshi people named Abdullah and Saiful of Teknaf border town of
A Bangladeshi vessel was capsized at Burma coastal near the Adaman
Island hit by windstorm on 21st May 2004 while en-rout to Bangladesh
from Thailand, carrying 8,000 tons of sugar worth $ 4.5 million. ##
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