Siblings drown in pond
Two minor siblings drowned while taking bath in a local pond of Manikganj municipality on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The deceased are Shahadat Hossain, 8, and his elder sister, 9, children of day-labourer Abdus Sobhan from Lalmonirhat, confirmed officer-in-charge of sadar police station Rakibuzzaman.
Locals said Sobhan along with his family came to Manikganj one month back and rented a house in Sewta area.
Victim's father was out for work and their mother was feeding her younger child when Shahadat and Fatema went to take bath around 2:30pm.