Farmer killed by lightning strike
Noakhali: A farmer was killed by a lightning strike in West Char Jabbar village in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali on Saturday.
The deceased was M Selim, 50, son of Nurul Haque of the village.
Officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station Nizamuddin said Selim died on the spot as the thunderbolt hit him while returning home from a field during rain at about 1:30pm.