The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Turag River rose to seven with the recovery of two more bodies on Monday.
However, the identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
Fire service divers recovered the body of a 30-year-old woman from the Turag river at Koylaghat of Aminbazar in the morning, said Md Raihanul, station officer (media) of Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters.
Later, Naval police recovered the body of a two-year-old child from the Muktarpur river in Munshiganj at noon.
Earlier, the bodies of four children and a woman were retrieved from the river on Saturday.
Kazi Mazharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Savar Police Station, said the Gabtoli-bound vessel with 15 people on board capsized in the river after hitting the bulkhead off the coast of Savar’s Aminbazar on the outskirts of Dhaka on Saturday morning.
While eight people managed to swim to safety, seven others went missing.
On information, divers from the local fire service station rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.
Source: United News of Bangladesh