The death toll from the ferry capsize in the Gazaria river of Barishal rose to four, with the recovery of the body of a four-year-old boy on Saturday. While a mother-daughter duo drowned, the boy and two others went missing after their ferry capsized in the river off the coast of Mehendiganj upazila on Friday morning. The deceased boy was identified as Ruhan Hawlader, son of Muntaj Hawlader of the Majhirchar area in the upazila.  Also read: Two drown, 3 missing as ferry sinks off Barishal coast “Local fishermen spotted the body, some six to seven kilometres from the accident spot, around 12pm and informed us. On information, police rushed to the spot,” said Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mehendiganj Police Station. Efforts are on to find the two others missing in the ferry tragedy, he added. Local lawmaker Pankaj Debnath visited the spot and assured the families of the victims of all cooperation. Also read: Fish trader found dead in Barishal hotel

Three people drowned and one more went missing after a ferry carrying 30 passengers capsized in the Arial Kha river off the coast of Barishal in the early hours of Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. Khorshed Alam, station officer of the Barishal Naval Fire Service, said the vessel sank around 1am off the coast of Nalchar in Charmonai union. Read: Five die in Chandpur road accident "As soon as they were alerted, fire service officials rushed to the spot and started rescue operations," he said. Hasnat Zaman, officer-in-charge of Barishal Naval Sadar Police Station, said that some people were coming from Sirajganj in the ferry to attend Charmonai Mahfil when it sank.