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RESCUERS have recovered 54 bodies from a ferry that sank during a storm in central Bangladesh.
They had previously stopped the search, but resumed it on Saturday after action by relatives of missing passengers.
Authorities had called the search off after retrieving 40 bodies, but hundreds of relatives and local residents protested, forcing authorities to announce that they would continue to look for bodies.
Officials said 12 people were still unaccounted for, although there has been confusion over how many were aboard the MV Miraz-4 when it sank on Thursday in the River Meghna.
Police had estimated at least 100 people were still missing.
Ferry operators in Bangladesh do not usually maintain a list of passengers, and none was available on Thursday, said local administrator Saiful Hasan.
The ferry was apparently overcrowded and its lower deck was loaded with goods, said Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority director Mohammad Ali.
