Two die in Sunamganj boat capsize

A woman and her daughter drowned as a boat capsized in a haor (water body) in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Monday night.

The dead are Nazma Begum, wife of Sohel Mia of Kholahati village in the upazila, and her daughter Binti.

Victims' family members said a small boat carrying four members of Sohel's family sank in the haor after it was caught in a violent storm around 8:00pm.

Sohel and his seven-year old son managed to swim ashore, said Shahidullah, officer-in-charge of Tahirpur Police Station.