2 children drown

Two children drowned in a pond in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali yesterday.

They are Pakhi Akhter, 7, daughter of Manu Mia, and Alisha Akhter, 7, daughter of Saifur Rahman Masud of Dakshin Char Clark village. They were students of Fakir Market Noorani Madrasa.

The incident took place around 2:00pm in the village in Ward 8 of Char Clerk union of the upazila.

Local Union Chairman Abul Basar said the two children were playing in the yard of their house in the afternoon when they fell into the pond near their house and drowned.

"Their guardians searched for them and did not find them initially. Later, they searched the pond and found them."

The girls were taken to a local doctor, who declared both of them dead.

Char Jabbar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Shahin Mia also confirmed the matter.