Scores of people are still missing

The ferry - recovered in the River Buriganga near the capital, Dhaka - was one two vessels to sink in heavy storms on Monday night.

Thousands of ferries are now banned from sailing in the afternoon and evening when the weather is at its most volatile.

Rescuers have yet to locate the second ferry which sank in the River Meghna north-east on Dhaka hours after the first went down.

The exact number of dead and missing is difficult to establish as the ferries had no passenger lists.

Rescuers said 24 more bodies had been pulled from the ferry which sank in the Buriganga on Wednesday.

Identification

The front pages of many newspapers have photographs of piles of shoes belonging to those who died.

The BBC's Alastair Lawson in Dhaka says for many relatives they are the only way of identifying their loved ones.

Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain told the BBC the decision banning ferry operations for five hours during the stormy season had been communicated to the ferry owners.

He said the move takes effect from Wednesday and was taken because Bangladesh usually witnesses violent storms between 1500 and 2000 local time.

Our correspondent says many critics will feel the move is a knee-jerk reaction which has come too late.

Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis who rely on ferries as their only means of transport will have their movements curtailed.

But government ministers say it is the only move possible since they lack the money and resources to deploy officials across the country to assess the safety of each and every vessel.

Twin tragedy

Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh, where boats are often overcrowded and lack safety equipment.

I could not save my daughter. I've no right to live Hasina Begum survivor Tales of survival

In the first incident on Monday at the town of Narayanganj, 130 bodies - many of them children - have now been found.

The vessel was carrying 200-300 people. Only a handful managed to swim to shore or were rescued, police say.

Rescuers are still recovering bodies.

Distraught relatives gathered by the riverside to identify the bodies of their loved ones.

A woman mourns the loss of her daughter in the ferry disaster

School teacher Hasina Begum wept as she told reporters how her two-year-old daughter Mithila had died on the ferry from Dhaka.

"I could not save my daughter. I've no right to live. My little daughter wanted to see Dhaka City," she told the Associated Press.

The fate of another 90 passengers in the second disaster remains unclear.

The boat, carrying members of a wedding party, capsized in Kishorganj district.

Latest reports say 30 people on board were saved. Eight bodies have been found - the rest remain unaccounted for.