Two children died after falling into a pond while trying to pluck guava at Satarpara village in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Rumpa, 7, daughter of Sultan Mia, and Rafia, 4, daughter of Raihan Mia, of the village. Mostafizur Rahman, chairman of Betkapa Union Parishad, said the two children climbed a guava tree to pluck fruits in the afternoon. Two children drown in Kurigram A branch broke and the children fell into the pond right next to the tree. Later, locals recovered the bodies of the two children in the evening. Five-year-old child drowns in Kurigram  

Two minor girls drowned in a pond in Galachipa upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased were Maryam, 7, daughter of Nizam Mridha, and Rafia, 4, daughter of Masud Mridha of Sutabaria village under Chiknikandi union of the upazila. Locals said the children came out of their homes to play around 11am and were not found after some time. Later, the bodies floating in the pond were recovered around 3pm and rushed to the upazila health complex where doctors declared them dead. Read more: Two children drown in Ctg pond Shonit Kumar Gayen, officer-in-charge of Galachipa police station, said that on information a team was sent to the spot while the bodies were handed over to their families later. He suspected that the children fell into the pond while playing on the bank of it. 

A 17-year-old schoolboy drowned in a pond at the city’s Badda area on Tuesday, said police. The deceased was identified as Miladun Nabi Mahim, a resident of the capital’s Aftab Nagar area. Mahim drowned in the pond of Chinese Project at Aftab Nagar while bathing along with some friends in the afternoon. READ: Police: 2 teens drown in Chapainawabganj Later, the fire service divers recovered his body and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the doctor declared him dead, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost. The body was kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.

Two minor children drowned in a pond at Sumilpara in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Jhumur, 7, daughter of Joynal and Abdullah, 8, son of Rubel Mia of Barishal district. Also read:Two kids drown in Thakurgaon The two children were playing near the pond of one Rehan in the afternoon when they fell into it. Later, local people found the floating bodies of the two children and took them to Khanpur 300-bed hospital where the doctors declared them dead.

A baby girl drowned in a pond at Nabinagar village in Chuadanga Sadar Upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Khatun, 14-month-old daughter of Sobuj Hossain of the village. Read: SSC examinee drowns in Bogura Quoting family members, local UP member Ohidul Islam said Ayesha fell into a pond adjacent to their house in the morning while playing at the courtyard. Later, family members rescued her and took her to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where doctors declared her dead, he added.

A one-and-a- half year old baby girl drowned in a pond at Gochha village in Mohonpur upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Orin Afroz,  daughter of Mosharraf Ali of the village. Read:Drowning kills 2.5 million people in last decade: WHO Locals said Orin came out of home at one stage of playing and slipped into the pond. Later, her floating body was recovered from the pond. Tauhidul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Mohonpur Police Station, said an unnatural death case was filed in this regard.

A school playground is a place of recreation and relaxation for students but the playground of Shahzadpur High School in Sarail upazila has turned into a waterbody, thanks to authorities’ negligence. The playground of the school remained waterlogged for the last two months as rainwater could  not be drained out. Read:Brahmanbaria Mayhem: 10 Khelafat leaders, 9 more Hefazat men held If anyone sees the school ground for the first time he/she can easily mistakes it for a pond. Due to the closure of educational institutions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic the students are not going to the school for more than a year. When teachers and guardians come to the school for work and submission of assignments and other purposes they have to wade through the water to reach the school premises. The school ground remained waterlogged for the past two months as no one has taken initiative to resolve the problem. Read: Brahmanbaria: Fraudsters demand money cloning UNO’s official number Teachers and guardians fear that if the situation continues for a longer period then the students will suffer a lot after reopening of the educational institutions. They demanded effective measures to remove water from the playground of the school immediately but yet to get any response from the authorities. Abinash Chandra Deb, Headmaster of Shahzadpur High School, said “The waterlogging  problem has been created for land filling in the adjacent areas.” “We have informed the matter to Sarail Upazila Parishad Chairman, UNO, Upazila Secondary Education Officer and Shahzadpur UP Chairman 20-22 days ago and the UNO asked the local UP chairman to see the matter. But still no visible measures have been taken,” he said. He  urged the government to take effective measures to free the school ground from waterlogging problem. Read: Brahmanbaria paddy farmers' struggle to protect their land Zaharlal Bhowmik, Chairman of School managing committee, said, “The stagnation of water has been created due to poor drainage system as there are cluster villages around the school building.” Rafiqul Islam Khokon, chairman of Shahzadpur union, said, “I have visited the place personally and discussed the matter with the authorities concerned. A report has been sent to the UNO and hope work will begin soon to drain out the water.”

Two children drowned in a pond in Naogaon district town on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Russel Hossain, 16, son of Shyamol Hossain and his step sister Shimu Khatun, 6, daughter of Shaon Uddin. Read:Chattogram: Army cadet goes missing after 'drowning' Rebeka Begum, mother of the two children, used to live with her second husband Shaon Uddin in Bangabaria Moholla of the district town. Quoting Jotsna Begum, grandmother of the two children, police said Russel and Shimu went to a pond of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority , 500 yards off their house, during rain. When the two children did not return home after a long period, the family members went to the pond and found shoes and towel near the bank of the pond. Read:Two teenagers drown in Dinajpur On information, a firefighting unit rushed in and recovered the bodies from the pond, said Nazrul Islam Jewel, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station. The bodies were then handed over to family on Saturday evening after completing all necessary formalities. Drowning in Bangladesh Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under five in Bangladesh. Accoridng to Bangladesh Health and Injury Survery(BHIS), in Bangladesh nearly 17,000 children drown annually, an average of around 46 each day. Read:Two toddlers drown in Laxmipur A cross-governmental taskforce was established on drowning prevention – led by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with representation from 12 departments. The task force is working to prepare a ‘National Drowning Reduction Strategy’. According to the WHO’s latest estimates, drowning is the cause of 235,000 deaths every year. Many countries including Bangladesh  report drowning as a leading cause of childhood mortality, particularly in children under-5.  

A minor body drowned in a pond in Nalithuba village of Faridganj upazila in the district on Thursday afternoon.