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At least 32 people (all women and children) have been killed after a boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh following a collision., police said Sunday.The overcrowded boat rammed a cargo-laden ship and sank in the middle of the river Surma at Alipur, 240 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of the capital Dhaka, police sub inspector Siraj told.At least 32 people are dead, 16 women and 16 children. Most of the male adults have swum ashore and gone back to their villages, Siraj told. He said a number of people were still missing. We'll get full details of the number of missing after their relatives arrive at the scene tomorrow morning, he said.
