Cargo vessel sinks
A limestone-laden cargo vessel capsized in Banstali channel of the Kumarkhali River after it collided with an oil tanker near Rampal yesterday morning. All the nine crew of the cargo vessel, MV Haji Akbar Ali-1, swam ashore. Police said the vessel, carrying 17,300cft limestone, was heading for Mongla from Sylhet. It sank when a Chittagong-bound oil tanker MT Energy-2 collided head on with it at 8:00am.
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