Three children drowned in separate incidents at Kachipara union of Bauphal upazila in Patuakhali district on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Hasib, 2, and Tamanna, 7, children of Hiran Khan of Anarsia village; and Apurba, 5, son of school teacher Saiful Islam of Pakdal village in the union.
Local sources said Hasib and Tamanna along with their mother went to a pond in the village to wash hands and legs in the evening.
The siblings drowned in the pond when the mother went to respond to the call of nature.
Meanwhile, Apurba slipped into a pond at home in the afternoon when he was playing.
Saiful rescued him to local Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Kachipara UP chairman Rafiqul Islam three drowning in the same day is a tragic.