Lastnight World

Bangladesh ferry capsizes,34 dead

DHAKA: A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh,leaving at least 34 dead and scores missing,authorities said Saturday. Police and fire brigade divers pulled 34 bodies from the sunken part of the ferry,local police officials Saiful Islam and Showkat Hossain said. Many of the dead were women and children.

12 inmates escape from Afghan prison

Kabul: A dozen prisoners escaped jail through a tunnel they dug from their cell to the outside in western Afghanistan,police said on Saturday. Those who escaped from Farah prison overnight included low-level Taliban militants,drug-dealers and other minor criminals,said Farah province police chief General Mohammad Faqir Askar. A 13th prisoner arrested during his attempted escape.