Netrokona, June 2 -- A woman and a child died after a boat carrying passengers capsized in the Chikni Beel area of Purbadhala upazila in Netrakona on Monday afternoon.

The boat sank while carrying five to six people, police and local sources said.

According to locals, several relatives from Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh had come to visit the house of Ekin Ali in Bishwambharpur

village.

During the visit, they went on a boat ride in Chikni Beel. The boat reportedly capsized after becoming overloaded with passengers.

The deceased were identified as Jamila Akter, 30, of Kolohori village in Tarakanda upazila, and Nusrat, 8, daughter of Abu Taher of Hasanpur village in Gouripur upazila.

Locals rescued the victims and rushed them to Purb...