BanglaCapsule | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline  

1986 The Atlas Star, a double-decker ferry, sank in Shitalakshya river when a cyclone struck it killing 200 people.
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1986 Ferry boat Shamia sank on Maghna River near Barishal district in Bangladesh and some 600 were killed.
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1986 A passanger ferry Haisal was accidentally struck by a cargo ship in Dhaleswari river and killed 200 people.
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1990 A passenger ferry sank in a river when it collided with another vessel. The incident subsequently killed several people, but the actual toll was never counted.
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1994 More than 200 people were believed to have drowned when a crowded ferry named M. V. Dinar sank in the Meghna River at Chandpur, about 65 miles south of Dhaka
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1996 An oil tanker struck a small passenger ferry that subsequently killed 50 people in Meghna river.
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1996 A passenger ferry in the Bay of Bengal sank in the river with 150 passengers during an extreme weather condition.
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1996 A passenger ferry carrying 250 passengers met with an accident and killed 50 people when it capsized in Dhanu river.
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1996 A passenger ferry sank in Jamuna river and killed 50 people while it was carrying 200 passengers.
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2000 Off Cox's Bazar 13 boats with 130 fishermen were reported sunk during rainstorms.
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2003 Two ferry boats capsized during tropical storms on different rivers, and hundreds of people were missing. MV Mitali, went down in the Buriganga River, and the ML Majlishpur ferry, carrying about 90 members of a wedding party, capsized in the Meghna River.
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2004 A boat carrying people to a flood shelter capsized in Bangladesh killing 10 people.
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2008 A passenger ferry, MV Sourav-1, with over 150 passengers capsizes in the Buriganga killing 39 people.
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2008 A passenger ferry, MV Nazimuddin, sank in Ghorautra river that subsequently killed 14 people.
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2009 A passenger ferry, MV Coco-4, was struck by a river shoal which sank the ferry killing 75 people with several other missing.
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2009 A motorboat capsized in Daira river killing 47 people with 8 others missing.
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2011 A passenger ferry with 100 passengers was moving from Bhairab towards Jamalganj when it collided with a shipwreck that left 24 people dead.
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2012 A passenger ferry, MV Shariatpur 1, with 250 passengers collided with a cargo ship and sank in the Meghna river killing 147 people.
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2014 A passenger ferry, MV Miraj-4, with 150 to 200 passengers sank in Meghna river that killed 29 people with several other missing.
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2015 A vessel with 140 passengers collided with a cargo ship and sank in a Bangladesh river that subsequently killed 69 people with several other missing.
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2016 A passanger launch named ML Oishee capsized killing at least 26 around 12pm at Mosjidbarhi terminal at Banariparha Upazila in Barisal while passengers were still boarding.
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2020 A small wooden boat with 130 passengers was set on sail from Bangladesh to Malaysia when it sank in Bay of Bengal killing 11 Rohingya refugees with several other missing.
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2020 An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps sank in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at least 15 confirmed dead, mostly women.
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2020 At least 34 people die when MV Morning Bird launch collides with another vessel and sinks in the Buriganga River in capital Dhaka.
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2021 A passenger ferry, ML Sabit Al Hasan, with 50 passengers capsized in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj district killing 34 people.
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2021 A speedboat coming from Munshiganj District crashed into a sand-laden bulk carrier killing at least 26 people.
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2021 At least 22 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat packed with more than 10 passengers slammed into a vessel transporting sand.
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2021 A passenger ferry from Dhaka to Barguna caught fire in the Sugandha River in Jhalokati Sadar Upazila, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 72.
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2024 Two boats carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar capsize off the coast of Teknaf, killing at least 26 people.
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