Storm kills girl

A schoolgirl was killed as a storm swept through Bogachatar union in Longudu upazila of the district yesterday.

The deceased, Sufia Akther Sukhi, 13, daughter of Md Jakir Hossain, was a Class VII student of Ugalchhari Mohajan Para High School.

Police and locals said Sufia and her two friends were returning home by a boat at noon when waves caused by a heavy storm sank the boat in the Kaptai Lake.

Locals rescued them and sent them to a hospital where Sufia died later, said Md Mominul Islam, officer-in-charge of Longudu Police Station.