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The bodies recovered so far included 12 women and eight children, said Jahurul Islam, district administrator of northern Panchagarh, where the accident occurred in Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. "They don't act. They can talk but they don't act," she said on a visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
Bangladesh has been hard hit by the global food crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and is exploring new ways of importing grain after its biggest supplier India banned grain exports in May.
Sanjida Islam Tulee, the sister of an opposition official allegedly abducted by the notorious Rapid Action Battalion group, said "more than 600 people have become victims of enforced disappearance by the state agencies"
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh to visit the Rohingya refugee camps, where there are reported human rights abuses taking place
Michelle Bachelet will meet with Prime Minister Sheikh and will visit camps housing Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
Police have not named any suspects, but the insurgent Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), which operates both in Myanmar's western Rakhine state and in the Bangladesh camps, was reportedly behind the shootings.
Bangladesh has requested China's cooperation in repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, where the Myanmar army committed a genocide against the Muslim minority group according to several rights groups and the Biden administration.
Monsoon rains have triggered catastrophic flooding that affected millions, authorities report.
At least 41 people have died amid devastating floods across Bangladesh and India, as experts say climate change is increasing the frequency and ferocity of such disasters.