<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The death tol the boat capsize in the River Karatoa rose to 64 as nine more bodies were fished out in Boda upazila of Panchagarh Monday, police said.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Divers from three firefighting units recovered the 9 bodies from different spots of the river, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Boda Police Station Sujoy Kumar Roy told UNB.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the dead was Kabita Rani, 50. The identities of the others could not immediately be confirmed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of Panchagarh Police, said they received a list of 40 missing people from their relatives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, a five-member probe body, headed by Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Dipankar Roy, was formed to investigate the capsize, said Md Zahurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Panchagarh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The committee was asked to submit its report within three working days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, the overloaded boat carrying 60-70 passengers, mostly Hindu devotees, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya around 2:30pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Twenty-five bodies were recovered from the river on that day while many others managed to swim ashore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The operation to trace the remaining missing continues. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">bnbd24/kh</span><br></div>