On Monday, two women died after a boat with 20 people capsized off Rajshahi city in Padma river, police said.
According to Rajshahi River Police, officer-in-Charge (OC) Obaidur Rahman said, eighteen others managed to swim safely.
The deceased were identified as Asia Begum, 35, of the Sonaikandi area Paba upazila and Rasheda Begum, 45.
The accident occurred at 5:30pm in the Srirampur in Rajshahi city.
Haripur union parishad chairman Bajle Rezbi Al Hasan Munzil said: "On Monday evening while they were returning home, the boat capsized."
"Asia and Rasheda were trapped under the boat after it capsized. They were taken out of the water by the locals and whisked off to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. They were declared dead upon arrival," OC Obaidur said.
Later, their bodies were handed over to the families, he added.
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