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Brother, sister drown

4 October 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Gaibandha

A boy and his sister were drowned in a canal adjacent to Brahmaputra flood control embankment at Purbo Barobaldia under Gaibandha Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon. Locals said Mona, 10, daughter and Babu, 7, son of Moinul Mia of village Purbo Barobaldia went to take a dip in the canal. Babu suddenly fell in the canal. To rescue her brother, Mona jumped into the water and both were drowned. Locals later recovered the bodies of the boy and the girl.