Two children drown in Narsingdi

Two schoolchildren drowned in a beel in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi yesterday morning, a day after four female madrasa students died in separate drowning incidents in the same upazila.

The latest incident took place in the Namar Char beel in Bheluarchar village under Srinagar union.

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The deceased were identified as Nipa, 7, daughter of Saddam Hossain, and Jannati, 8, daughter of Nuruzzaman. Both were students of Bheluarchar Government Primary School.

Md Mujibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Raipura Police Station, confirmed the information.