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 Listen to the storyThe two boats which sunk earlier this week, were both caught in a sudden late afternoon storm which is common at this time of the year. The travel ban means that hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis, who rely on ferries as their only means of transport, will have their movements curtailed. The government's initiative will inevitably be seen by some critics as a knee-jerk reaction which has been introduced too late. But ministers say that a blanket ban is the only thing they can do at the moment to stop overloaded ferries from sailing. They say that they lack both the money and the resources to deploy officials across the country to assess the safety of each and every ferry. Rescue workers are meanwhile still recovering bodies from the sites of both disasters, and a stream of government ministers has paid condolence visits to the families of the bereaved. The front pages of many newspapers have photographs of piles of shoes belonging to those who died. For many relatives, they are the only way of identifying their loved ones. Alastair Lawson, BBC News, Dhaka Listen to the words Read more about this story |
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