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Farmer killed in lightning strike in Nilphamari
Greenwatch Desk
Disasters
2025-06-22, 6:38pm
A farmer was killed in lightning strike at Kachua village of Laxmichap union in Sadar upazila here this afternoon.
The deceased was Kashi Nath Roy, 62, a resident of the village.
Lightning followed by a rainstorm hit Kashi Nath around 2 pm when he was going to bring cows from a field near his house, said Laxmichap union parishad chairman Md. Aminur Rahman, reports BSS.