Ferry with more than 100 people on board capsizes outside Bangladesh capital

The death toll from a ferry sinking outside the Bangladeshi capital rose to 39 when police found nine more bodies inside the boat's hull Friday while rescuers searched for about 20 people still missing, authorities said.

The ferry, carrying more than 100 passengers, capsized Thursday after hitting a cargo vessel on the Buriganga River.

The new bodies were found inside the hull of the wooden ferry MV Saurav after it was pulled out of 13 meters (45 feet) of water early Friday, said A.S.M. Maniruzzaman, a police officer at the scene of the accident.

Most of the 39 dead were women and children who were traveling on the lower deck of the boat, …