Dhaka, May 21 -- Six people were killed in lightning strikes in Naogaon, Barishal and Natore districts on Thursday.

According to reports reaching the UNB news desk, three people were killed in Naogaon, two in Barishal and one in Natore.

In Naogaon, three people, including two farmers, were killed in separate lightning strike incidents in Raninagar upazila on Thursday.

Two farmers were killed when lightning struck them while they were harvesting paddy amid rain at Jathail in the upazila.

The deceased were identified as Akkas Fakir, 60, son of late Asad Fakir, and his relative Tarek Fakir, 24, son of Aminul Islam Fakir of Paroil village in Raninagar upazila.

Zakaria Mondal, Officer-in-Charge of Raninagar Police Station, said the two fa...