Two kids drown in ponds

Two children drowned in ponds in Jessore and Panchagarh districts yesterday.

In Jessore, a four-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Kharki area of the district town yesterday morning

The deceased was identified as Azimuddin, son of Arif Hossain of the area, reports our Benapole correspondent.

Locals said Azimuddin fell into the pond near their house while he was playing on its bank.

Family members later rescued the boy from the pond and sent him to Jessore Medical College Hospital where the on- duty doctors declared him dead.

Away in Panchagarh, a baby girl drowned in a pond at Mullukchand village in Tentulia upazila the same day.

The dead is Rima, 4, daughter of Abdur Rahim of the village, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent.

Family sources said Rima accidentally fell into the pond near their house while she was playing on its bank in the afternoon.