Bagerhat, Nov. 8 -- An expatriate female tourist went missing on Saturday after a tourist boat capsized while returning from a trip to the Sundarbans.

The missing woman has been identified as Riyana Azad, 28, from Bakerganj Upazila in Barishal district.

Surjit Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of the Sundarbans East Division's Dhankhari Station, said a group of 13 tourists had stayed overnight on Friday at the Mangrove Valley resort in Dhankhari and set out for Mongla on Saturday in a boat.

Around noon, the boat carrying 13 tourists, including women and children, sank in strong currents at the estuary of the Pashur River in the Dhankhari canal of the Sundarbans.

Twelve of the passengers managed to swim ashore with local help; however,...