Boy drowns

Unb, Munshiganj
A two-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Brahmangaon village in Louhojang upazila on yesterday. The deceased was identified as Rifat, son of Liton Bepari of the village. Officer-in-Charge of Louhajang Police Station Abdul Malek quoted family sources as saying that Rifat slipped into the pond beside their house while he was playing on its bank in the morning. After a hectic search, locals rescued Rifat from the pond and took him to the local health complex where the doctors declared him dead.