The body of the fifth missing tourist, among a group that drowned in Cox’s Bazar, was recovered on Thursday evening.

All five bodies have now been recovered over two days.

On Thursday evening, police recovered the body of SM Nafisur Rahman Nibir from Bhangar Mor Beach in Kolatoli.

Earlier in the morning, the body of Mohammad Harun, 20, was recovered from Himchari Beach.

Ramu Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) AK Fazlul Haque confirmed the recovery of the bodies of all five tourists.

The bodies have been sent to the Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsies.

Nibir was the son of Nabibur Rahman of Dhaka’s Azimpur area.

He was a third-year student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at North South University.

Three other tourists’ bodies had been recovered earlier in the same incident yesterday. They were Al Mahibur Ibn Mokarram, 24, from Dhaka’s Uttara area; Saibul Haque Jisan, 23; and Md Akash from Chattogram’s Bayezid area.

According to their relatives, Al Mahibur was a BBA student at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). Saibul Haque Jisan was a student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Islamic University of Technology (IUT).

Mohammad Harun, 20, the son of Mohammad Kabir, hailed from the Shershah Jamtala area under Bayezid police station in Chattogram city.

Ramu Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Zillur Rahman said the incident occurred at a secluded beach.

Several local fishermen had warned the tourists against entering the sea, but they ignored the warnings and went into the water.

The administration is working to raise awareness among tourists in the area.