After she got the news of her mother\u2019s death overnight, Aduri Begum started with her family for her hometown Faridpur from Dhaka on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
With public transportation suspended amidst a coronavirus lockdown but autorickshaws plying the roads, they reached Munshiganj\u2019s Shimulia and took a speedboat ride with more than two dozen other passengers across the Padma river to Banglabazar pier in Madaripur\u2019s Shibchar. Some water transports are still operational during the ban while cargo vessels are allowed to run. The speedboat reached near the pier in Shibganj and Aduri was hoping to get a last glimpse of her deceased mother.<\/p>\n
Then\u00a0 calamity struck. The boat hit a sand-laden cargo vessel. Rescuers have pulled out 26 bodies, including those of Aduri\u2019s husband Arzu Sarder and their one-and-a-half-year-old son \u201cYamin\u201d.<\/p>\n
Injured in the collision, Aduri was rushed to the hospital. Later she identified her family members among the bodies kept on the Dotara Government Primary School grounds near the Banglabazar pier. \u201cI\u2019ve lost everything,\u201d she said, weeping. Aduri and the few other fortunate survivors blamed the speedboat driver for the accident, saying her was speeding \u201crecklessly\u201d right from the start of their trip. The bulk carrier was anchored near the coast, they said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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