Three children drowned in Dinajpur and Kurigram districts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Dinajpur, two minors drowned in the Atrai River.
The deceased are Jitu 12, daughter of Jewel of Fakirganj of Nilphamari and Bhulanath, son of Bhupati Roy of Kachharipara village under Birganj upazila.
Khansama fire service station officer Talha Bin Jasim said Jitu drowned in the river while he was bathing Wednesday afternoon.
On information, firefighters conducted a drive and recovered the body of the teenage girl.
Jitu came to her maternal grandfather’s house on Eid vacation, he added.
Earlier in the day, fishermen recovered the body of Bhulanath, who went missing in the Atrai river at Kalarghat on Tuesday.
He also came to his maternal grandfather’s house.
In Kurigram, a child drowned in a hole filled with water which was dug for installing a tube well in Ulipur upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.
Relatives said Raihan Mia, son of Rezaul Islam, of Tabakpur union under the upazila, came to his maternal grandfather’s house on Eid vacation. The child drowned while he was playing.
He was rushed to Ulipur upazila health complex where doctors declared him dead, said Maidul Islam, RMO of the health complex.
Source: United News of Bangladesh