Minor boy drowns

A seven-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Haldibari village in Haripur upazila of the district on Sunday.

The victim was Bishal, son of Israil Hossain of the village.

Quoting the deceased’s family members local UP Chairman Mohammad Moniruzzaman said Bishal went out his house around 6:00pm and did not returned home.

After an hour, one of the villagers found his floating body in a pond behind their house, he said.