As many as 20 fishing boats carrying more than 200 fishermen went missing in the Bay of Bengal on Friday amid the rampage of cyclone `Midhili` in the deep sea.
Besides, another fishing boat `MV Nishat` sunk in the deep sea with 18 fishermen. Later, all of them were rescued by another trawler and brought back to the shore, said Golam Mostafa Chowdhury, president of the Barguna Trawler Owners Association.
"However, the authorities of Trawler Owners Association has been unable to establish contact with 20 trawlers of Patharghata upazila. As a result, over 200 fishermen on those trawlers are still missing," he said.
Efforts are ongoing to establish contact with the missing fishermen and bring them back to shore, he added.
Coastguard sources at the southern station said other stations have been informed to look for the missing trawlers and fishermen.
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