Dhaka, July 8 -- Landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed two children in separate parts of Chattogram.

The incidents took place on Wednesday in Jungle Salimpur's Chhinnamul area of Sitakunda Upazila and near Chasma Hill under Panchlaish Police Station in the city, bdnews24.com reports.

The child killed in Jangal Salimpur was 10-month-old Ashraful Islam, son of local resident Md Moinuddin, according to Sitakunda Upazila administrator (UNO) Fakhrul Islam.

UNO Fakhrul said that soil dislodged by the heavy rain had collapsed onto the house, killing the child.

He said authorities had been using loudspeakers for several days to urge residents living precariously at the foot of the hill to move out, but the family had stayed put.

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