Shawdesh desk:

The bodies of two children who went missing after a boat full of wedding guests capsized in the Meghna river in Hatia upazila of Noakhali were recovered on Friday.

With this, a total of nine bodies have so far been found while six others still remained missing.

The body of Md Hasan, 7, was found at Ramgati in Laxmipur while that of 1-year-old “Niha” was floating near Char Gazaria in Munshiganj on Friday, said Lt Tahsinur Rahman, commander of the coastguard in Hatia.

The accident took place southwest of Chairman Ghat on Tuesday afternoon when a boat with more than 50 people on board sank on its way to Nijhum Dwip’s Dalar Char from Caring Char.

Fishermen pulled the trawler and recovered the bodies of five people, including the bride, Taslima Akter, 21, on that day. Two other bodies were found near Chandi Ghat later.