Scores missing after Bangladesh ferry sinks

Scores of people are missing after a ferry with some 200 people aboard sunk in a river in southern Bangladesh, police say. 

They say about 35 people were rescued after the accident in the Meghna River, south-west of the capital Dhaka.


Unconfirmed reports say the ferry was hit by another vessel.

Rescues are trying to locate the sunken ferry. Ferry accidents are common on Bangladesh's vast river network and scores are killed every year.