The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose Monday to 75 after rescuers recovered an additional 17 bodies. Rescuers plucked 13 bloated bodies Monday from River Tetulia, where the overcrowded triple-deck ferry capsized late Friday, police official Mohammad Bayezid said. An additional four bodies were found overnight in the river, he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. Bayezid said the bloated bodies were found within one kilometer (less than one mile) of the site of the accident. Rescuers were using boats to go further downstream because some bodies may have been washed away during high tide.
