3 cousins drown

Three cousins drowned in the Sonabhari river in Kurigram's Rowmari upazila yesterday noon.

The deceased are fifth-grader Zinnat Khatun Dina, 11, daughter of Oli Ullah of Gaibandha's Sadullapur upazila, and eighth-grader Siam Ahmed,14, son of Haider Ali, and 10th-grader Hamim Islam,16, son of Abdul Quader of Rowmari.

Police said the trio went to take a bath in the Sonabhari river around 1:30pm.

At one stage, Dina slipped into the river water due to strong current and drowned.

Siam and Hamim also drowned while trying to save Dina.

Later, locals recovered their bodies.