Eleven people have been rescued while one person remains missing after a fishing trawler sank in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf-Saint Martin’s waterway.
The trawler sank due to a storm in the sea on the way from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar to Saint Martin’s at around 2pm on Wednesday.
Later, the people of the nearby trawler came and rescued the 11 crew members of the sunken trawler while one was still missing.
Mujibur Rahman, chairman of Saint Martin's Union Parishad, confirmed the information.
He said that the residents of Saint Martin’s Island were carrying various daily products from Teknaf to Saint Martin’s in a trawler owned by Md Saddam.
However, he could not confirm the immediate identity of the rescued persons and the missing person.