Dhaka, Oct 23 : Twenty-one labourers were missing after the trawler in which they were travelling sank following a collision with another vessel in Bangladesh Friday.

The accident occurred in Padma river, one of the biggest rivers in Bangladesh, when the sand-laden trawler rammed into a passenger boat coming from the opposite direction, about 100 km southwest of Dhaka.

There were 41 labourers on board the trawler at the time of the accident at about 6 a. m., Xinhua reported.

Twenty labourers managed to swim ashore. A search was launched for the missing people. (IANS)