3 minors drown in Rangamati and Bogura

Three minors including two girls drowned in Rangamati and Bogura districts on Saturday, reports UNB. 

Drowning is known as 'the silent killer' of children in Bangladesh, killing more than 18,000 annually despite not attracting much attention.

In Rangamati, two girls drowned in Kaptai Lake at Rosulpur village of Langadu upazila.

The deceased were identified as Sadia Akter, 3, daughter of Md Yusuf Mia and Halima Akter, 4, daughter of Rasel Mia of the village.

Md Mustafa Mia, chairman of Kalapakuzza union parishad, said the two fell into the lake while they were playing on its bank around 2:00pm.

Later, locals recovered their floating-bodies from the lake around 3:00pm.

In Bogura, a class-II student - Samrat, 9, son of Lalchan of Penchibari village -- drowned in The Bangali river in Dhunat upazila.

Ataur Rahman, station in-charge of Dhunat fire service, said the minor boy along with his father went to the river for fishing in the morning.

At one stage, he fell into river water and went missing.

Later, his body was recovered after two hours of frantic search.