Habiganj: Two minor cousins drowned in river Sutung at Nazirpur village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.

The deceased are Rupali, 3, and Priyanka Sarkar, 3.

Family sources said the minor girls slipped into the river and drowned while playing on its bank at noon.

Later, local people recovered their floating bodies.

They were taken to Habiganj Modern Sadar Hospital where doctors declared them dead.