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3 Dead, 20 Missing After Rohingya Refugee Boat Sinks Off Bangladesh Coast
At least a dozen people were missing off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in rough weather, the coast guard said.
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Bangladesh Boat Tragedy Death Count Climbs To 51
Rescue workers recovered 26 more bodies on Monday after a boat carrying religious pilgrims capsized in Bangladesh, taking the death count to 51 with at least a dozen people still missing, police said.
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Bangladesh Reports First Death Due To Cyclone Amphan
A Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteer drowned Wednesday when a boat capsized while evacuating villagers in the path of Cyclone Amphan, the organisation said.
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Boat Carrying Rohingyas Capsizes In Bay Of Bengal, 15 Dead
Dozens of Rohingya refugees were missing and 15 were confirmed dead on Tuesday after a ship carrying about 130 people capsized in the Bay of Bengal while trying to reach Malaysia, a Bangladesh coast guard official said.
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Four Rohingya Drown As Refugee Boat Capsizes Off Bangladesh
Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, police said.
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12 Dead, Scores Missing As Boat With Rohingya Refugees Capsizes
At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees, mostly children, capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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UN Expects Number Of Dead From Rohingya Boat Accident To Be More Than 60
The death toll from a boat which capsized off Bangladesh carrying Rohingya refugees is set to pass 60, the UN migration agency said Friday.
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15 Dead As Rohingya Boat Sinks, UN Chief Tells Myanmar To End 'Nightmare'
At least 15 people drowned and scores are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya families capsized off Bangladesh Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres exhorted Myanmar's leaders to end the refugees' "nightmare."
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14 Dead As Rohingya Boat Capsizes Off Bangladesh: Police
At least 10 children and four women were killed when a boat carrying Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh on Thursday, police said
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17 Rohingya, Including Children, Drown Fleeing Myanmar
Bangladesh coastguards on Thursday found the bodies of 17 Rohingya, many of them children, who drowned when their boats capsized as they fled violence in Myanmar that has forced at least 18,500 to seek refuge across the border.
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69 Dead After Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes
The death toll in a ferry accident in central Bangladesh soared to 69 on Monday, after more bodies were recovered from the overcrowded boat which sank within minutes of colliding with a cargo vessel.
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Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes After Collision, At Least 33 Dead
At least 33 people died in Bangladesh today when a passenger ferry capsized after colliding with a trawler on the river Padma with more than 100 people aboard, police said.
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Bangladesh Ferry Owner Faces Charges in Sinking
The ferry that capsized in Bangladesh with hundreds of people on board this week had a capacity of only 85 passengers, the country's shipping minister said on Wednesday as he announced charges against the vessel's owner and five of its employees.
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Bangladesh Prepares to Find Scores More Bodies in Capsized Ferry
Rescue workers in Bangladesh expected to find scores of bodies on Saturday trapped between the decks of river ferry that capsized two days earlier with around 200 people on board.
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At least eleven dead in Bangladesh boat accident: police
A boat packed with labourers and their children caught fire and capsized in a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at least 11 people dead and others missing, police said on Tuesday.
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3 Dead, 20 Missing After Rohingya Refugee Boat Sinks Off Bangladesh Coast
At least a dozen people were missing off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank in rough weather, the coast guard said.
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Bangladesh Boat Tragedy Death Count Climbs To 51
Rescue workers recovered 26 more bodies on Monday after a boat carrying religious pilgrims capsized in Bangladesh, taking the death count to 51 with at least a dozen people still missing, police said.
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Bangladesh Reports First Death Due To Cyclone Amphan
A Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteer drowned Wednesday when a boat capsized while evacuating villagers in the path of Cyclone Amphan, the organisation said.
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Boat Carrying Rohingyas Capsizes In Bay Of Bengal, 15 Dead
Dozens of Rohingya refugees were missing and 15 were confirmed dead on Tuesday after a ship carrying about 130 people capsized in the Bay of Bengal while trying to reach Malaysia, a Bangladesh coast guard official said.
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Four Rohingya Drown As Refugee Boat Capsizes Off Bangladesh
Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, police said.
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12 Dead, Scores Missing As Boat With Rohingya Refugees Capsizes
At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees, mostly children, capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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UN Expects Number Of Dead From Rohingya Boat Accident To Be More Than 60
The death toll from a boat which capsized off Bangladesh carrying Rohingya refugees is set to pass 60, the UN migration agency said Friday.
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15 Dead As Rohingya Boat Sinks, UN Chief Tells Myanmar To End 'Nightmare'
At least 15 people drowned and scores are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya families capsized off Bangladesh Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres exhorted Myanmar's leaders to end the refugees' "nightmare."
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14 Dead As Rohingya Boat Capsizes Off Bangladesh: Police
At least 10 children and four women were killed when a boat carrying Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh on Thursday, police said
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17 Rohingya, Including Children, Drown Fleeing Myanmar
Bangladesh coastguards on Thursday found the bodies of 17 Rohingya, many of them children, who drowned when their boats capsized as they fled violence in Myanmar that has forced at least 18,500 to seek refuge across the border.
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69 Dead After Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes
The death toll in a ferry accident in central Bangladesh soared to 69 on Monday, after more bodies were recovered from the overcrowded boat which sank within minutes of colliding with a cargo vessel.
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Bangladesh Ferry Capsizes After Collision, At Least 33 Dead
At least 33 people died in Bangladesh today when a passenger ferry capsized after colliding with a trawler on the river Padma with more than 100 people aboard, police said.
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Bangladesh Ferry Owner Faces Charges in Sinking
The ferry that capsized in Bangladesh with hundreds of people on board this week had a capacity of only 85 passengers, the country's shipping minister said on Wednesday as he announced charges against the vessel's owner and five of its employees.
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Bangladesh Prepares to Find Scores More Bodies in Capsized Ferry
Rescue workers in Bangladesh expected to find scores of bodies on Saturday trapped between the decks of river ferry that capsized two days earlier with around 200 people on board.
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At least eleven dead in Bangladesh boat accident: police
A boat packed with labourers and their children caught fire and capsized in a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at least 11 people dead and others missing, police said on Tuesday.
