, May 23 -- Two people were killed in separate lightning strikes in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas of Chapainawabganj district on Friday.

Monowara Begum, wife of Mainul Islam Bishu of Gidhonipara in Sadar upazila was killed when a thunderbolt struck her while collecting mango amid rain on Friday evening, said Tanjumul Islam, administrative officer of Charbagdanga Union Parishad.

In another incident, Abdul Malek, son of Mohbul Islam of Babupur-Chalkipara village in Shibganj upazila was killed when a streak of thunderbolt struck him while working at a paddy filed during storm in the afternoon, said Mizanur Rahman, Shibganj Upazila Project Implementation Officer.

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