Dozens missing in Bangladesh ferry crash

Scores of people are missing after a ferry with some 200 people aboard sunk in a river in southern Bangladesh.



Police say about 35 people were rescued after the accident in the Meghna River, south-west of the capital Dhaka.



Unconfirmed reports say the ferry was hit by another vessel.



Rescuers are trying to locate the sunken ferry.



Ferry accidents are common on Bangladesh's vast river network and scores are killed every year.