An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees

An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps sank in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at least 15 confirmed dead, mostly women. The death toll later rose to 21. The coast guard, navy divers and other rescuers recovered dozens bodies after the wooden boat capsized off St. Martin's Island, the top elected official on the island said to journalists.