Two die in Habiganj boat capsize
Two women drowned as a passenger boat capsized in the Kasti river in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila on Wednesday night.
The deceased are Syeda Banu and Sayera Banu of Nasirnagar upazila in Brahmanbaria.
Quoting witnesses, police said a passenger boat capsized in the Kasti river while it was heading for Nasirnagar from Madhabpur’s Bulla area around 8:00pm.
Although other passengers of the boat managed to swim ashore, Syeda and Sayera went missing in the river.
On information, fire fighters recovered the bodies after an hour of hectic search, police said.
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