The death toll from the Barisal ferry tragedy rose to four, with the recovery of another body from the Arial Khan River on Saturday morning, reports UNB.
The deceased has been identified as Rafiqul Islam of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj district, said a media officer of the Coast Guard South Zone, Lieutenant SM Tahsin Rahman.
Coast Guard members fished out the body of Rafiqul from the river around 9:30am, he said.
However, another man is still missing, he added.
On February 22, three people drowned and two more went missing after the ferry carrying 42 passengers capsized in the Arial Khan River off the coast of Barisal.
Khorshed Alam, station officer of the Barisal Naval Fire Service, had said that the vessel sank around 1am off the coast of Nalchar in Charmonai union.