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Schoolboy drowns

Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
Body of schoolboy who went missing on Monday afternoon was recovered from a river here yesterday morning, police said. Victim Shafiuddin Rabin, 14, was son of SM Shahabuddin of Ghashipara in the town. He was also a student of class VIII of Dinajpur High School, family sources said. Rabin along with his friends went to the Punarbhaba for fishing on Monday afternoon, family members said. But he went missing as he suddenly fell into the river. Later, rescuers of Bangladesh Fire Brigade recovered the body yesterday from a spot, 1km off the original place where he was fishing on Monday.