C T Online Desk: Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel have continued their efforts to find those who remain missing in the Karatoa trawler capsize incident.
Their recovery operation entered its sixth day on Friday.
Panchagarh Fire Service Assistant Director Sheikh Mahbubul Alam said 69 bodies had been recovered so far and three, including a child, were still missing.
Of the 69 deceased, 18 were men, 30 were women and 21 were children.
The families of the deceased have each received Tk1.05 lakh in financial aid.
On September 25, the trawler, carrying around 80 people, most of whom were Hindu devotees, capsized in the middle of the Karatoa River in Boda upazila of Panchagarh while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya.
Twenty-five bodies were recovered on the day of the accident.
Some of the passengers managed to swim to safety.
The trawler was carrying double the number of passengers than it had the capacity to, according to the district administration.
This is the worst waterway accident the country has witnessed after the devastating fire on a Barguna-bound launch off the coast of Jhalakathi on December 24 last year which claimed 50 lives.
