Two children died as a boat capsized in the Buriganga river in Dhaka’s Sadarghat area today.

The deceased were identified as Nisrat, 7, and Nusrat, 5, children of Babul Faridi who is a resident of Keraniganj, our staff photographer reports from the spot.

Photo: Prabir Das

According to the locals, Babul along with his five family members hired a boat after getting down from a launch at Sadarghat around 6:30am.

The boat capsized in the river due to high waves when another launch passed through the river water, the locals said.

Photo: Prabir Das

Babul and his three other family members managed to swim ashore but Nisrat and Nusrat went missing, police said.

Later, divers conducted a search operation in the river and recovered the bodies, the photojournalist reports.

Officer-in-Charge of Sadarghat Police Station Rezaul Karim Bhuiyan confirmed the incident.

Babul, a businessman, came to Dhaka today from his village in Bakerganj of Barishal district.