Dhaka- Three people, including two siblings, drowned in separate incident in Rangamati and Jhalakati districts on Monday.In Rangamati, two siblings drowned in the Maini River at Puranbasti area of Langadu Upazila on Monday.The deceased were identified as Abdul Kader, 04, and Nipa Akter, 03-two children of Nasir Uddin, a resident of the village.Local people said Kader and Nipa slipped into the river while playing near the bank of the river in the morning.After a frantic search, local people rescued them from the river and took them to Langdu Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared the siblings dead.In Jhalakati, Shahidul Islam Majhi, 25, son of Kanchan Uddin Majhi of Piplita village in Sadar upazila, drowned in a waterbody while cutting grass near his house around 10 am on Monday. He had been sufferings from epilepsy for long, said local people.UNB news agency
