Two die as boat capsizes
Two men died as a boat capsized in the river Kushiyara in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet early yesterday.
Police recovered the bodies of Nishith Dass, 22, of Juri upazila, and Mithun Malakar, 18, of Rajnagar upazila, of Moulvibazar, yesterday.
Abdus Salek, officer-in-charge of Balaganj Police Station, said the duo fell into the river as the boat they were traveling in capsized. The other five on board except the two managed to swim ashore. They were on the way to Rajnagar to attend a Kirton (carol).
The bodies were handed over to their families in the afternoon, he added.
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