Five fishermen missing after

A fishing trawler sank late Saturday in the River Meghna near Nijhumdwip under Hatiya upazila in Noakhali, leaving five fishermen missing, a police official said. The officer-in-charge of the Hatiya police said 13 fishermen from Nijhumdwip went to the river by the boat for fishing Saturday afternoon but it later sank amid tidal surge. Eight of the fishermen managed to swim ashore after the trawler had capsized. There was no trace of the missing till Sunday.