Two children drown

Two children drowned yesterday, one in a river and the other in a pond, in the district and Joypurhat.

The deceased were Md Sajib, 8, son of Yakub Ali of Proshadpara village under Birganj upazila of Dinajpur and Sumaiya Akter, 7, daughter of Abu Hanif of Salkur village under Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat.

Sajib was a student at Jharbari Government Primary School in Birganj.

Family members said Sajib along with other boys was bathing in a river when he drowned.

Sumaiya and some girls were swimming in a pond near her home when her friends found her missing. Locals recovered her body from the pond two hours later.