Schoolgirl drowns

A schoolgirl drowned in canal at Chowratari village in Aditmari upazila yesterday. The victim, Jannati Akhter, 8, daughter of Ershad Hossain of the village, was a student of class three at Chowratari Government Primary School. Family members said Jannati along with her two other classmates went to a canal for bathing near the homestead at noon yesterday and drowned.