Four-day labourers went missing as two boats capsized at Padma near Sadipur Union in Kumarkhali Upazila on Tuesday morning.
The missing are- Jewel, 30, son of Haran Sheikh, Jakir, 25, son of Nozu, Shariful, 31, son of Jalil and Juba, 32.
All the missing are residents of Jamalpur village in Bahadurpur union of Bheramara upazila.
Tofazzal Hossain, union parishad chairman of Sadipur union, said the two boats carrying 13 day- labourers were on their way to a shoal island when the boats sank due to strong current around 8:30am.
Though nine labourers managed to swim ashore, four went missing, he said.
