Two girls drowned in Habiganj pond on Tuesday (Aug 14).
The incident was reported from the northeastern district’s Chunarughat Upazila.
Ten-year-old Eva Akter and 12-year-old Rifa Akter fell into a pond Gazipur Union’s Ikortoli village in the afternoon while playing, said locals.
They were rescued and rushed to state-run hospital in Chunarghat Upazila town, where the doctors pronounced them dead, said Chunarghat OC KM Ajmiruzzaman.