BAGERHAT, July 21 (UNB): Some 18 fishermen reported missing as three fishing trawlers capsized in the stormy coastal belt of Bagerhat Tuesday.

The trawlers capsized at around noon near Sapleza and Kachubaria. Twenty fishermen were rescued by other trawlers. But the fate of 18 others was not known, Alauddin, a fish trader at Kachikhali said.