Three tourists drowned, three others went missing, and one was rescued alive while bathing in the sea at Himchhari beach in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 5:00pm at the beach adjacent to the Marina Resort museum, according to Dolon Acharya, Senior Station Officer of Cox's Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence.
The rescued tourist is currently undergoing treatment at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
"Two groups of tourists had gone bathing in the sea-one from the Bayezid area in Chattogram and the other from Uttara in Dhaka," Acharya said.
Rescue operations by the fire service are underway in the sea to trace the three missing tourists, the Acharya added.