Two teenage boys drowned while taking bath in the Budhigandaki River in Dhading on Tuesday evening.

The deceased have been identified as Kushal Hamal, 15, and Kasmik Hamal, 13, of Salyantar of Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-2.

The boys, who were rescued alive from the river, were initially taken to a health post in Salyantar for primary treatment and later breathed their last while being taken to Kathmandu on a helicopter for further treatment, the District Police Office, Dhading, said. RSS