Kushtia, March 7 -- Two of the four children who went missing while bathing in the Gorai River in Khoksa upazila of Kushtia were rescued alive on Saturday, while efforts are underway to locate the two others still missing.

The rescued children are Samia, 6, and Sumaiya, 8.

The missing girls were identified as Taifa, 7, daughter of Faruk, and Suraiya, 8, daughter of Sohel.

All the children are relatives and residents of Osmanpur village in Osmanpur union of the upazila.

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Abdur Rashid, the boatman who rescued the two children, said he noticed the girls swimming near Osmanpur ghat of the river around 2:30 pm. After dropping off passengers, he saw three of the children drifting away in the curren...