Five children including two siblings were drown in Chapinawabgabj and Jasore on Saturday.
In Jashore , two siblings drowned in a pond at Barpara village in Jashore's Monirampur upazila on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Samia, 4, and Sabid, 3, daughter and son of Shahidul Islam Master of the village. The two kids went missing when they were playing near the water body on Saturday morning, said ABM Mehedi Masud, officer-in-charge (OC) of Monirampur Police Station.
Later their family members, along with local people, searched for them.
Around 2 pm, they rescued the kids and took them to a nearby health centre where the doctor pronounced them dead, he added.
Three children drowned in the Mohananda and Pagla rivers in Shibganj and Bholahat upazilas of the district Saturday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Pryanka, 11, daughter of Rup Kumar, a resident of Kamarpara area under Ranihati union of Shibganj upazila, Md. Azizul Hoque, 11, son of Subodh Mistri of Radhanagar Colony under Gohalbari union of Bholahat upazila and Md. Jihad, 11, son of Abdul Kadir of the same area.
Pryanka drowned in the river Pagla at Tartipur Saswanghat of Shibganj upazila while taking bath with her family, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shibganj Police Station Md. Sajjad Hossain said.
Azizul and Jihad drowned in the Mohananda river at Bozratek of Bholahat upazila as they went to the river for taking bath at noon.
The locals and the members of Fire Service recovered the dead bodies at 2.30 pm, said Sumon Kumar, Officer-in-Charge of Bholahat Police Station.
