20260520 boats seen Cox's Bazar Bangladesh

Boats float on the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo by Rohim Ullah)

KANIKA GUPTA and ROHIM ULLAH

NEW DELHI/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — An overcrowded boat with 250 Rohingya refugees traveling from Bangladesh to Malaysia capsized in rough weather and is believed to have sunk in the Andaman Sea around April 9. Nine people were rescued by the Bangladesh Coast Guard, but the rest are missing.