Fire Service and Civil Defence divers recovered the bodies of two students who went missing after drowning in the Padma River in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday evening. The bodies were found around 6:00 pm and 6:15 pm, confirmed Station Officer Saeed Hasan Shuvo of Chapainawabganj Fire Service and Civil Defence.

The deceased were identified as Rifat Ali, aged 16, from Sundarpur Rouf Hajipara, and Rasel, aged 17, from Islampur Char Terorshia. Both were tenth-grade students at Sobhan High School in the area. According to police and locals, the two boys entered the river to bathe at the Alimnagar Ghat area and went underwater. Locals initially tried to rescue them before the Fire Service team conducted a search operation.

In a separate incident, a young man named Sakirul Islam went missing after falling into the Mahananda River while fishing. Rescue efforts to locate him are ongoing.