At least 20 passengers are believed to be missing as a trawler carrying 45 passengers capsized in Shitalakshya River in Mulagaon area under Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur district.
Sub-inspector (SI) Tarikul Islam of Kaliganj police said the incident took place during a collision between a passenger trawler and two sand-laden trawlers around 4pm on Sunday.
He said a Pran-RFL trawler with 45 passengers started from Kaliganj municipality area for Danga under Palash upazila.
At that time, the trawler collided with two other sand-laden trawlers coming from the opposite direction. The passenger trawler capsized immediately, the official said.
After the capsize, some 24 passengers managed to reach the shore of the river.
The locals, police, and fire service officials are providing efforts to rescue the missing passengers.
A group of divers are heading towards the spot to join the rescue operation, the police official said.