Buriganga launch capsize: Victim's family to get Tk 1.50 lakh

Families of the Buriganga launch capsize victims would be given Tk 1.50 lakh each, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday.

Besides, they will receive cash Tk 10000 each for burial of the bodies, the state minister said. 

Khalid Mahmud also said a seven-member probe body has been formed and asked it to submit report within seven days.

Earlier around 10am, a launch carrying over 50 passengers sank in the Buriganga river in Dhaka's Shyambazar area around 10am after another vessel rammed it.

Following the capsize, the divers from fire service together with Navy and Coast Guard personnel started rescue operation and retrieved 30 bodies one after another.