Death toll mounts in ferry disaster

More bodies were found yesterday after a ferry sank on a river in Bangladesh, raising the death toll to 33.

Local government administrator Helal Uddin said the boat was salvaged and five bodies were recovered after the search resumed yesterday .

The ferry carrying about 100 passengers sank on Thursday in the River Meghna in Brahmanbaria, about 50 miles east of the capital, Dhaka