A schoolboy drowned in the Buniganga river at Basila near the city's Mohammadpur area yesterday and another boy was missing.

The boy who drowned was identified as Amjad Hossain Sumon 16. a student of class eight at Lalmatia Boys High School.

Sumon’s body was recovered by Fire Brigade personnel at about 8 pm and sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

Sumon along with two friends went for bathing in the river at about 4:00 pm yesterday. One of them rose from water within few minutes and two others who did not know swimming did not, hospital sources said quoting their family members.

At one stage, Sumon and one of his friends were washed away by the tide. The other friend cried for help. Local people jumped into the river but failed to trace them.