Shawdesh desk:

Five workers drowned as a bulkhead hit a soil-laden trawler in the Dakatia River off the coast of Chandpur early Monday.

The deceased were identified as Md Mubarak, 45, Md Awal, 50, Md Nasir, 32, Al-Amin, 35, and Nazrul, 35. They used to work in brick kilns at Maishadi and Shahtali villages of Chandpur.

Shahedul Islam, deputy assistant director of Chandpur Fire Service, said the trawler carrying 11 people capsized in the river at Mominpur in sadar upazila when bulkhead MV Iqbal Hossain-1 hit it amid dense fog around 6:45 am .

Six people managed to swim ashore while five others drowned.

On information, divers from the local fire station rushed to the spot and recovered four bodies while local people recovered another body, said the official.