A one-and-a-half-year-old drowned in a pond near his house while playing there in Kurigram's Rowmari upazila Friday.
The deceased was identified as Abu Horayra, son of Samaun Islam of Uttarpara village of Sadar union.
"Horayra was playing in the yard of his house at 10am. As the family members were not around, he fell into the pond and drowned," Samaun said.
"His family members started looking for him as he was not seen anywhere. At one stage, Horayra's body was found floating on the pond near his house," Rup Kumar Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Roumari Police Station, said.