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Dozens killed as boat capsizes

A boat carrying about 100 Hindu pilgrims capsized Sunday in a river in northern Bangladesh, leaving at least 24 people dead, police said. The overcrowded boat overturned in the afternoon while returning from a Hindu temple on the other side of the River Karatoa at Boda area in Panchagarh district, said local police chief S.M. Sirajul Huda. Divers and residents recovered at least 24 bodies by Sunday, he said, adding that at least 12 women and eight children were killed.

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