Fishermen-rescue

Sixteen fishermen who had been drifting after their boat's engine broke down in the Pashur River area of the Bay of Bengal were safely rescued by the Bangladesh Navy. The rescue operation was conducted Sunday night after one of the fishermen called the national emergency service 999. According to sources in the naval police and Coast Guard, a fishing trawler carrying 16 fishermen left Rayenda in Sharankhola, Bagerhat, for the deep sea on August 19. Two days after they began fishing, the...

A boat carrying a group of Rohingyas sank off the coast of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar as they were attempting to enter Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Thirteen passengers are missing, while at least 18 people have been rescued alive. The accident occurred at around 8 am Friday off Shah Porir Dwip in the upazila. Local residents handed over the rescued individuals to the Border Guard Bangladesh near the accident site, close to the West Para boat jetty in Shah Porir Dwip. Eyewitnesses...

Bangladeshi fishermen have rescued two Sri Lankan fishermen alive after finding them drifting in the Bay of Bengal. The two rescued men claimed they had “drifted at sea for 36 consecutive days after losing their way while fishing.” They also said they survived by eating raw fish during that time. Police are verifying their claims. The rescuers are fishermen from Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar. According to them, they became suspicious after spotting a drifting fiberglass trawler near the Sona...