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A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank in the Shitalakhsya River south of the capital Dhaka.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Shitalakshya River (also known as Lakhya River) is a distributary of the Brahmaputra.
In its initial stages it flows in a southwest direction and then east of the city of Narayanganj in central Bangladesh until it merges with the Dhaleswari near Kalagachhiya.
A portion of its upper course is known as Banar River.