Boat crash kills at least 26

A speedboat carrying about 30 passengers overturned after hitting a cargo vessel in a Bangladeshi river Monday, leaving at least 26 people dead.

The boat was carrying passengers in violation of government coronavirus restrictions, said Rahima Khatun, a top government official in the area.

It overturned in the River Padma in central Bangladesh while heading for Madaripur district from Munshiganj district, Khatun said.

Divers from various agencies and local people retrieved 26 bodies from the waters and were searching for several others still missing.