A 32-year-old woman drowned as a boat sank in floodwater at Jurail village in Kendua upazila of Netrokona district on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Julekha Begum, wife of Hares Mia of the village.
Mir Mahbubur Rahman, inspector of Kendua police station, said Julekha, her 7-year-old daughter Tanjina, sister-in-law Nazmunnahar and two others were going to Jurail Haor by a small boat Tuesday morning.
At one stage, Tanjina fell into water from the boat. Julekha managed to save her daughter but she drowned in floodwater.
Source: United News of Bangladesh