10 Septembar 2015, Nirapad News: A schoolboy drowned as a boat sank in the Kharia River at Chhotoshunoi village in Fulpur upazila on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Uzzal Miah,10, son of Helal Uddin of the village.

Witnesses said a boat carrying Uzzal and his father sank in the middle of the river while they were going to a relative’s house at about 1:00 pm.

Later, locals rescued Uzzal and took him to the upazila health complex where attending doctors declared him dead.