Dhaka: Two schoolboys drowned in the Ramna Lake in the city on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Adnan, 15, and Mahfuz, 15, students of Willes Little Flower School and College.

The two students drowned while taking bath in the lake around 3:45 pm, said sub-inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police camp.

Local people rescued the teenage boys and took them to DMCH where doctors declared them dead around 4:20 pm, he said.