2 minor boys drown in Natore

Two minor boys drowned in a pond at Bonkuri village in Natore's Singra upazila on Friday, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Arafat, 6, son of Ali Akbar and Nur Nobi, 6, son of Aminul.

They were cousins.

They had gone missing after they went out for playing at noon, said local union parishad member Mukhlesur Rahman.

After a frantic search, their bodies were retrieved from the pond, he added.