Ferry capsizes off southern Bangladesh

Police say a small ferry packed with about 60 people has capsized off southern Bangladesh after being hit by a sand-laden trawler.

Local police official Nuruzzaman Chowdhury says rescuers have found body of a woman from the site of the accident near Barisal town, 120 kilometers south of the capital, Dhaka.

Chowdhury says many people swam ashore after the accident early Thursday.