Ferry sinking kills 37

At least 37 people died and more than 150 were missing when a Bangladeshi ferry sank during a storm in a river near the capital, Dhaka, police said.

The ferry, with some 200 people, was bound for the southern town of Chandpur from Dhaka when it was hit by a tropical storm in the Buriganga River.

"So far rescuers have pulled out 37 bodies and efforts are on to salvage the sunken ferry," said a police spokesman.