Gaibandha, Jun 16 (UNB) –A woman drowned and another went missing as a small boat with eight people on board sank in the Brahmaputra River in Fulchhari Upazila on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Moyna Begum, 35.
District Fire Service and Civil Defence station officer BokhtiarU ddin said the Charmanikgram- bound small boat capsized near Hatuvangarchar in the river around 6:30 pm.
Six of the passengers managed to swim ashore while two remained missing, he added.
Later, Moyna’s body was recovered from the river.