, Oct. 5 -- Eight people were killed and two others injured by lightning strikes in Cumilla, Bogura, Kurigram and Jhenaidah districts on Sunday.

Among the deceased, three died in Cumilla, two in Jhenaidah, another two in Kurigram and one in Bogura district.

In Cumilla, three people including a student of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) were killed in a single lightning strike in Bhabanipur Kheyaghat of Homan upazila on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as BAU student Rashedul Islam, 23, son of Rahinur Islam, and two sisters Mamtaz Begum, 37, and Zakia Sultana, 23, both daughters of Matiur Rahman. They were all residents of Nala Dakkhin village in the upazila.

A thunderbolt struck the deceased and two others when t...