Dhaka, May 7 -- Two farmers were killed in separate lightning strikes in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts on Wednesday noon.

In Lalmonirhat, a farmer named Yusuf Ali, 35, died after being struck by a thunderstorm in the Bhullarhat area in Kaliganj upazila.

Yusuf, son of Akbar Ali Munshi, was returning home after working in a maize field when rain started. Locals said he was hit by lightning on the way.

He was rescued and taken to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead, said Officer-in-Charge of Kaliganj Police Station Abu Bakkar Siddique.

In a separate incident in Kurigram, another farmer, Md Obaidul Haque, 45, was killed after being struck by lightning while harvesting paddy at Badijamalpur village under N...