A 32-year-old housewife drowned while bathing with her husband and two offspring in the Padma River in Godagari of Rajshahi on Friday morning.
Her husband Salauddin Quader, 38, went missing.
Manjuri Tanvir Nishi and Salauddin were residents of Shrimantapur under Godagari upazila.
Salauddin, a private banker posted in Kishoreganj, his family members and some 15 others had a picnic on the bank of the river on Friday, said Namiruddin, deputy officer of Godagari Fire Service and Civil Defence station.
After travelling by boat, he and his family members were bathing in the river at noon. Suddenly a heavy tide came along and all four members including Manjuri went missing at first.
Though others could rescue Nishi and her two offspring, Salauddin remained missing after the tide hit. Manjuri died on the way to hospital, the fire service officer said.
A team of divers was conducting a search operation in the river, but till the filing of this report at 9pm, they were yet to trace Salauddin, he added.
