<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Rescuers recovered four bodies late Sunday night from the Buriganga River, where a waterbus carrying around 100 passengers sank after being hit by a sand-laden bulkhead earlier in the evening.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deceased are a woman, two men, and a minor boy. Their identities could not be known immediately.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brig. Gen. Dr. Quazi Md Rashid-Un-Nabi, director of Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, confirmed the development saying that the bodies were kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy. They were brought in dead.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eight people were rescued alive from the river and admitted to the hospital, with three of them undergoing treatment in unconscious condition while the rest were released after receiving treatment.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The waterbus sank around 8:15pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters media cell.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On information, three firefighting units from Sadarghat and Siddik bazar fire stations rushed to the spot to carry out rescue operations. Moreover, divers from the Coast Guard joined the fire service workers to accelerate the rescue operation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As it capsized close to the river bank, most passengers managed to swim ashore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">UNB’s Keraniganj correspondent adds: a sand-laden bulkhead hit the waterbus carrying over 100 passengers in the middle of the river.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The waterbus was heading towards Keraniganj’s Nagarmahal from Waizghat for its last trip of the day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dakshin Keraniganj police station’s OC Mohammad Shah Zaman said they believe most passengers managed to swim ashore. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>