December 21, 2003	Sunday	Shawwal 26, 1424

BARISAL, Dec 20: Seventy-four Bangladeshi fishermen feared to have drowned in the Bay of Bengal have been accounted for after being missing for two days, an official said on Saturday.

“They are all safe,” said an official with a fishing vessel association in Barguna district, 173kms south of Dhaka.

Twelve men were on a boat that capsized on Thursday while 62 others were on five vessels in the stormy sea. None of the boats had radio equipment. —AFP