Two minor girls drowned in a pond while bathing at Uttar Khanpur of Sadar upazila on Friday.
The deceased were identifeied as Ayesha Siddiqua Mim, 8, daughter of Ashiqur Rahman of the area, and her cousin Fatema Islam Lubna, 9.
Md Mahatab Uddin, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said the incident took place around noon.
Doctors pronounced them dead when they were taken to Sadar Hospital, the OC added.