Rajbari, June 5 -- A bus that plunged into the Padma River from the pontoon of the Daulatdia Ferry Terminal in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari on Friday morning was salvaged several hours later, with no casualties reported.

Rescue vessel Hamza salvaged the submerged bus from the riverbed around 12:00pm, said Mohammad Salah Uddin, assistant general manager of BIWTC's Daulatdia office.

The accident occurred around 9:25am at Terminal-7 when the Dhaka-bound 'SB Super Deluxe' bus from Kushtia lost control and fell into the river while trying to board the ferry Bir Shreshtha Jahangir, officials and witnesses said.

According to local authorities, passengers had already disembarked before the bus approached the pontoon, preventing what could have ...