<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">More than 400 passengers have been rescued from a ferry that ran aground in a shoal in the Meghna river in Chandpur district, officials said on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The passengers of the Barishal-bound ‘Sundarban-11’ were actually rescued by another vessel ‘MV Surovi-7’, according to the officials.</div><div><br></div><div>Alam Sardar, master of the stranded ferry, said that ‘Sundarban-11’ carrying over 400 passengers experienced a technical glitch around midnight on Tuesday while heading towards Barishal.</div><div><br></div><div>"When it reached near Mohonpur in Chandpur, I steered it to a nearby shoal to avoid any untoward situation," he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Faruk Hossain, a passenger on the ferry, said it experienced the technical glitch around 11pm and got stuck in the shoal around 12am, creating panic among the passengers.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, ‘MV Surovi-7’ that was passing by spotted the ill-fated ferry and rushed to its rescue, officials said. "All the passengers were rescued around 2am on Wednesday." - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>