Crowds of local citizens gatered at the site of the capsized ferry boat. A ferry capsized in Bangladesh's Bhola district on Nov 27, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    DHAKA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from ferry capsize in Bangladesh's Bhola district, 197 km southeast of capital Dhaka, rose to 20, police said on Saturday.

    Saifur Hossain, chief of police in Bhola district, told Xinhua that the rescuers have so far recovered 20 bodies and he expected more bodies will be recovered.

    The ferry carring many passengers who were returning home from Dhaka to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest holidays for Muslim, capsized Friday night in Nazirpur ferry station when the passengers tried to get down from the ferry in a mess.

    Millions of people have left the capital for their home towns by trains, buses and ferries to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha which falls on Nov. 28 this year in Bangladesh.　

A woman is rescued from a capsized ferry in the remote coastal village Bhola, some 255 km south of Dhaka, in the early morning hours of November 28. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>