<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The death toll from the boat capsize in the Karatoya river of Panchagarh rose to 69, with the recovery of another body on Wednesday afternoon.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Himalay Chandra, son of Biren Chandra of Boda upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Fire service divers fished out the body from the Karatoya River near Aulia ghat in the upazila, said Dipankar Roy, additional district magistrate.</div><div><br></div><div>Bodies of 30 women, 21 children and 18 men were recovered while three others are still missing, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the five-member probe body, headed by additional DM Roy, got three additional days to submit the probe report, said Md Zahurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Panchagarh.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, divers from three firefighting units recovered the 18 bodies from different spots of the river.</div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday, the overloaded passenger boat carrying around 80 people, mostly Hindu devotees, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya at 2.30pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 25 bodies were recovered from the river on that day only, while many others managed to swim ashore.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the worst waterways accident the country witnessed after the devastating fire incident in a Barguna-bound launch off the coast of Jhalakathi on December 24 last year that left 50 people dead. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>