4 trawlers sink, 23 missing in Bay of Bengal

    DHAKA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-three fishermen have gone missing after four trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal due to heavy current triggered by monsoon depression Monday night.

    The trawlers with 38 fishermen on board capsized when they were fishing near Bangladesh's southern areas, local sources were quoted by private news agency UNB as saying on Tuesday.

    Fifteen fishermen either managed to swim ashore or were rescued by other trawlers, but 23 others remained missing.

    Local fishermen were continuing their search for the missing fishermen till this afternoon.