Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- Coastguards have recovered the dead body of a non-resident Bangladeshi woman who went missing two days ago after a boat had capsized during her tour through the Sundarbans.

Bangladesh's Coast Guard spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Siam-ul-Haque said the body was retrieved on Monday morning from the confluence of the Pashur and Shyala rivers, near the Silo Jetty area of Joymonir Ghol in Mongla.

The dead, 28-year old Riyana Abjal, lived in the US and was the daughter of Abul Kalam Azad, a resident of Uttara in Dhaka. Their ancestral home is in Barishal. She was a pilot in the Bangladesh Air Force and had moved to the US a few years ago.

Riyana had gone missing on Saturday afternoon, after a tourist boat capsized at the...