Dhaka, July 3 -- Gafargaon (Mymensingh) Correspondent :
A heartbreaking incident occurred on the Brahmaputra River in the Pagla Thana area of Gafargaon upazila, Mymensingh, as three students drowned during a boat trip on Tuesday morning (July 2). The victims, including a 9th-grade girl and two young madrasa students, were swept away when their boat capsized during an outing connected to their half-yearly examinations.
The deceased have been identified as Shapla Akhter, a ninth-grade student of Bereata Dakhil Madrasa, and two classmates-Abid and Junaid-both first-grade students of the same institution. All three children hailed from Chartologi village of Pakundia upazila in Kishoreganj.
According to eyewitnesses and madrasa authorities, t...