A child drowned in a pond near her house while playing there in Bogura's Dhunat Sunday. The deceased was identified as one-and-a-half-year-old Amena Khatun, daughter of Aminul Islam of Chikashi union, Dhunat Upazila Heath Complex Resident Medical Officer Ashraful Kabir said. The child died while being rushed to the Upazila Health Complex, he added. Read: Child's body recovered; 2 remain missing from trawler that drowned in Meghna Earlier, Amena was playing in the yard of her house at 10am. As the family members were not around, she fell into the pond and drowned. The one-and-a-half-year-old's family members started looking for her as she was not to be seen anywhere. At one stage, her body was found floating on the pond near her house, according to local sources.  

A child drowned on Monday as the overall flood condition worsened due to persistent swelling of the major Rivers in the country.

An eight-month old baby girl drowned in flood water at Goddimari village in Hatibandha upazila early Monday.   The deceased was identified as Alifa Akhter, daughter of Anwar Hossain.   Atiar Rahman, chairman of Goddimari union parishad, said that the minor girl slipped into the flood water and drowned early in the morning.   The overall flood situation in Lalmonirhat, Sunamganj, Kurigram and Nilphamari districts has worsened further due to increase of the river water levels following rainfall, leaving several lakh people marooned.