News update
  • Strategic plan to resolve Rohingya crisis mending inaction urged     |     
  • Hasina Sentenced to Death Over Crimes Against Humanity     |     
  • Gaza Begins Mass Cleanup to Restore Dignity and Normal Life     |     
  • BNP weighing review of some nominations amid grassroots unrest     |     
  • US presses for Gaza resolution as Russia offers rival proposal     |     
  1. Home
  2. Accidents
  3. Lightning kills 3 in Sunamganj

Lightning kills 3 in Sunamganj

News Desk Accidents 2022-05-19, 2:34pm

Three people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning in Kalagaon area of the district's Tahirpur upazila on Thursday.



Three people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning while working on a paddy field in  Kalagaon area of the district's Tahirpur upazila on Thursday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
A group of farm workers was working on the paddy field when they were struck by lightning around 11am, said Abdul Latif Tarafdar, officer-in-charge of Tahidpur Police Station.
While three of them died on the spot, the injured were admitted to a local hospital.