Naogaon, July 26 -- A newlywed couple drowned in a canal in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Nur Islam, 22, of Bedbariya village in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district and his wife Sumaiya Akter, 18, daughter of Shahin of Kartikahar village in Badalgachhi upazila.

The couple had been married for only seven months.

Witnesses said Nur Islam and Sumaiya had come to the house of Sumaiya on Saturday afternoon.

On Sunday noon, Nur Islam jumped into a canal beside Kartikahar village to take a bath.

As he remained disappeared for long, Sumaiya jumped into the water in an attempt to rescue him but both of them subsequently drowned.

Later, local people rescued the couple from the canal and rus...