Two cousins drowned while bathing in a water-filled pit near their home at Pitua village of Kadirjangal under Karimganj in Kishoreganj on Wednesday.
The deceased were Yasmin Akhter, 8, daughter of Shafiqul Islam, and Taiyeba Akhter, 9, daughter of Russel Mia.
Dr Riyad Shahed Rony, Karimganj Upazila Health and Family Planning officer, said that the two children were brought to the hospital dead. Emergency department physician Dr Hadiur Rashid declared them dead upon arrival.
According to family members, the incident occurred around 12:30pm when the two girls went to bathe in a rainwater-filled pit near their house. As they did not return for a long time, family members began searching and eventually found them submerged in the mud under the water.
They were rescued and taken to Karimganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors pronounced them dead.