Five people were killed after being struck by lightning in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts Saturday noon.
The victims are Nahid Ahmed, 17, of Agfoud village, Abdul Mannan, 45, of Vitrikhel Borband village under Jaintapur upazila, Nuruddin, 60, of Doloimati of Kanaighat Pourasabha and Kala Miah, 28, of Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet and Deen Islam, 65, of Sirajpur Charpara village under Bishwambharpur upazila of Sunamganj.
Officer-in-Charge of Jaintapur police station Tajul Islam said that thunderbolt hit Nahid and Mannan while they were working in their field at about 1:00pm.
Later, they were rushed to Jaintapur upazila health complex by locals where duty doctors declared them dead.
OC of Kanaighat police station Jahangir Alam Sarder said that Nuruddin went fishing near a wetland with others and was struck by lightning and Kala Miah injured by lightning while he was working in paddy field in the afternoon.
Both were taken to the Kanaighat upazila health complex where on-duty doctors declared them dead.
In Sunamganj, farmer Deen Islam died after being hit by a thunderbolt as he was working in his crop field at noon, said Md Kawser Alam, OC of Bishwambharpur police station.
