Two sisters drown in Rangpur ditch

RANGPUR, May 30 (BSS): Two sisters drowned in a ditch in Dalal Hatkhola Noyatari village under Kawnia upazila of the district on Wednesday, police said.

The victims were identified as Jasmine, 10, and Sumaiya, 7, daughters of farmer Idris Ali of the same village.

Quoting family sources, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kawnia Thana Mamunur Rashid told the news agency that Jasmine and Sumaiya were playing by the side of the ditch this morning in absence of their parents and neighbours.

"At one stage, both of the girls drowned in the ditch water, local villagers rescued and took them to Kawnia Upazila Health Complex where the attending physician declared them dead," the OC added.