2 girls drown as ferry capsizes in Padma River

Two minor girls drowned as a ferry boat carrying 40 passengers capsized after being hit by a bulkhead in a distributary of Padma River in Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj on Saturday evening. The deceased were identified as Sifa Akhter, 15, daughter of Nazrul Bepari of Mandra village under the Tongibari upazila