Two children drowned and one went missing while taking baths in Chapainawabganj and Habiganj districts respectively on Friday.

The deceased were Reshma Khatun, 7, daughter of Rehsan Ali of Sonapatti village under Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj and Tanvir, 7, son of Rahim Miah of Kharki area under Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj.

The missing Muslema Khatun, 14, is cousin of the deceased Reshma.

Mahfuzul Hoque Chowdhury, inspector of Chapainawabganj Sadar police station, said Reshma and Muslema went down in the Padma River to take baths at a ghat adjacent to Charbagdanga union parishad around 11am.

At one stage, they drowned in the river but locals retrieved Reshma’s body after a while, he said.

Divers from Fire Service and Civil Defence are conducting search operations, the inspector added.

Hafezia madrasha student Tanvir drowned in a pond of the institution while taking a bath around 10:30am.

Madhabpur police station’s Officer-in-charge Muhammad Abdur Razzaque confirmed the death of the boy, saying the student was admitted to Kharki Kashemul Ulum Hafezia Madrasa around one month back.