Two people drowned after a boat carrying them capsized in a water body of Kapasia in Gazipur on Friday.
The deceased were Bayezid Hossain, 35, from Mymensingh district, and Mahin, 16, from Sripur of Gazipur.
According to police and fire service, five friends went on a boat trip to collect water lilies from the Shapla Beel at Pachua village under Tok union around 9:00am.
At one point, their boat overturned, throwing all five into the water.
Bayezid died after drowning on the spot while the others were rescued and taken to the upazila health complex.
Mahin was declared dead by physicians upon arrival.
Officer-in-charge of Kapasia police station Md Zainal Abedin Mandal said that the police recovered the bodies and legal procedures were underway.