Dhaka, April 28 -- e-Islami has expressed deep sorrow and concern over the deaths of several people, including a pregnant woman and children, in sudden storms and lightning strikes across the country.

In a statement on Monday, the party's Assistant Secretary General and Secretary of the Central Publicity and Media Department, Advocate Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair, said the recent incidents of casualties in different parts of the country due to seasonal storms and lightning were tragic and heartbreaking.

"I am deeply saddened, grief-stricken and concerned over the loss of lives caused by these natural disasters. I pray to Almighty Allah to grant the deceased the highest dignity," he said.

The Jamaat leader mentioned that fatalities from light...