Lightning strike
Four people, including three members of a family, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Noakhali and Barisal districts on Tuesday, reports news agency UNB.

In Noakhali, three members of a family were killed as a thunderbolt struck them at Gucchhagram in Companyganj upazila in the afternoon.

Locals said Shahidul Islam, 35, along with his wife Parveen Akter Laizu, 25 and son Antar, 2, was going to his in-laws' house at Musapur riding a motorcycle.

On the way, when they took shelter in a cowshed due to heavy rainfall a thunderbolt struck them around 1:00pm, leaving the trio dead on the spot.

In Barisal, farmer Abu Akand, 45, received injuries as lightning hit him when he was working in the field around 11:00am.

Later, he was whisked off to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where physicians declared him dead.