A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who went missing after a boat sank in the Teesta River on Wednesday evening, was found dead in the river at Jigabarir Char of Ulipur upazila in Kurigram on Saturday.
The deceased is Kulsum Satalashkar, daughter of Koyjor Ali.
With this, the death toll from the boat capsize rose to two.
Enamul Haque, a member of Bazra union parishad, said that local people spotted the body of Kulsum floating on the river and rescued it in the morning,
Ataur Rahman, Ulipur upazila nirbahi officer, said that Kulsum and six others went missing when a boat carrying 26 people sank in the Teesta River on Wednesday evening.
Later, divers from a local firefighting unit rushed to the spot and recovered the body of the child.
Five people still remain missing. They are Anisur Rahman, 30, Rupali Begum, wife of Anisur, their 9-year-old child Irin, niece Hira Moni, 9, and Shamim Hossain, 5, son of Azizur Rahman.
They met the tragic incident while returning to their home after attending a feast.
