RU student, schoolboy missing as boat capsizes in Padma River
A boat with 13 people on board capsized at 5 pm, after which 11 people managed to swim ashore
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Two people including a female student of Rajshahi University (RU) went missing after a motorised boat capsized in Padma River near Harupur area in Paba upazila in Rajshahi.
The missing people were identified as Suchona, a student of RU, and a schoolboy Rimon.
Deputy Assistant Director Jakir Hossain of Rajshahi Fire Service and Civil Defence said the boat with 13 people on board capsized at 5 pm, after which 11 people managed to swim ashore.
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Two of them were admitted to the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital in critical condition, he said.
Divers were trying to find the other two who remain missing, he added.
