Dhaka, June 5 -- The Ministry of Shipping has formed an investigation committee to determine the cause of a bus accident at Daulatdia ferry ghat in Rajbari.

The incident occurred on Friday at Daulatdia ferry terminal in Goalanda upazila when a bus named SB Super Deluxe Paribahan lost control and fell into the Padma River from a pontoon while boarding ferry Karabi.

According to the ministry, no casualties were reported as passengers had been asked to disembark before the bus boarded the ferry, in line with safety measures directed by the Ministry of Shipping.

Under the ministry's order, Joint Secretary Mohammad Rafiqul Karim will serve as the convener of the probe committee. One representative each from the Bangladesh Inland Water Trans...