Lalmonirhat, June 7 -- Two brothers went missing after drowning in the Dharla River while bathing on Sunday afternoon in the Zero Point area of Mogolhat Union under Sadar Upazila of Lalmonirhat.

The missing boys were identified as Sabbir Hossain, a ninth-grade student, and his younger brother Sawon Hossain, an eighth-grade student.

They are sons of Helal Hossain of the Mogolhat Tampu Stand area and students of Mogolhat High School.

Police said the two brothers went to the river to bathe with their friend Mehedi at noon.

At one stage, Sabbir and Sawon were swept away by the river's current and disappeared under the water. Mehedi, however, managed to swim to safety.

Locals and members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from the Mogol...