Driving wind and rain today
halted Bangladesh frogmen in their search for bodies believed trapped under a ferry which sank with about 500 people on board, apparently after the crew ignored a storm warning.
Around 300 people are believed to have drowned in what would be one of Bangladesh's worst ferry disasters. Rescuers so far have found 10 bodies and pulled nearly 100 survivors to safety.
More bodies are expected to be found either inside the ferry or washed up down river, but some passengers are believed to have swum ashore to safety.
Police, navy frogmen, volunteers and divers from the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority resumed their work at first light after bad weather forced a halt in the search overnight, officials said.
The triple-decked M.V. Salahuddin-2 sank in the giant Meghna at around midnight on Friday on its way to the coastal district of Patuakhali from Dhaka.
It went down near Shatnal, a rural area 170 km (100 miles) south of the capital, where the Meghna meets its tributaries and often floods its banks.