A Bangladeshi ferry with around 200 passengers on board capsized in a storm on a river near the capital Dhaka on Thursday, with police reporting that at least nine bodies had been recovered, but there were fears that the toll would climb. \"We fear there will be more bodies inside the vessel and we cannot be sure of the number of passengers (on board),\" Saiful Hassan Badal, Deputy Commissioner of Munshiganj district told Reuters by telephone from the scene of the accident. A rescue vessel sent from Dhaka reached the stricken ferry some three hours later, and Saiful said firefighters and members of the coast guard, including divers were involved in search efforts. Bangladesh has a sorry history of ferry disasters, with casualties sometimes running into hundreds due to overcrowding.
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