Online Desk: Three people went missing while fishing in Choto Feni in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali on Saturday morning.
The missing persons are: Anwar Hossain, 35, hailing from Debrampur village in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Feni, businessman Mehedi Hasan, 20, from the same area and Nazrul Islam Swapan.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Companiganj Ziaul Haque Mir said that a group of seven people went to the area for fishing in the river. At one stage, three of them drowned and four others managed to swim ashore.
On information, members of police and Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the spot and started a rescue operation, he said.