Time Digital Report: Two bodies -- one male and one female -- washed ashore in St Martin's Island of Cox's Bazar during high tide this morning.

Police recovered the bodies from Halbunia of the island's Dakkhinpara around 9:00am, said Md Jubair Syed, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.

The deceased were aged between 30 and 35, he said.

The decomposed bodies were sent to Cox's Bazar General Hospital and police are trying to identify the deceased, the OC added.

Mujibur Rahman, chairman of St Martin's union, said, "Locals noticed two floating bodies within a kilometre of each other at Halbunia area in the morning. Informed by locals, police later recovered the bodies."