Two cousins drowned in a pond of Nawagram village in Pabna's Sujanagar upazila on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Hamza, 10, son of Bakibillah Sheikh of Nawagram in Nazirganj Union, and his cousin Sahab Uddin, 9, son of Sagor Sheikh. Both were students at Udaypur Madrasa.
Quoting locals, the officer-in-charge of Sujanagar Police Station, Abdul Hannan said the duo came home this morning after taking leave from the madrasa.
At noon, they went to take a bath in a pond next to their house and drowned.
Locals spotted them floating in the water body and took them to the Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared them dead.
The bodies were handed over to their families, said the OC.
A pall of gloom descended on the village following the tragic incident.