Two minor boys drowned in a pond in Kalia upazila of Narail on Saturday evening, police said.
The victims were identified as Sakib Sheikh, 5, son of Jakat Sheikh, and his 4-year-old cousin Manik Islam.
Both children were residents of Uttar Khashial village under Khashial Union.
Although Manik’s family is originally from Barisal, he had been living with his mother at his maternal uncle’s home in the village.
According to family members and locals, the boys had been playing together in the courtyard, as they often did.
When they did not return home by evening, family members began searching for them.
Their bodies were later found floating in a nearby pond, said local Union Parishad Chairman BM Barkat Ullah.
Officer-in-Charge of Naragati police station Md Ashiqur Rahman said a case of unnatural death has been filed and the bodies were handed over to their families following initial investigations.