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Lightning kills 5

Five people were killed and three others injured by a lightning strike in Atigram-Dhalsha village of Kushtia's Mirpur upazila yesterday.

The dead are Mosharraf Hossain, 55, of Poyari village, Abul Kashem, 43, and Shaheen, 42, of Atigram village, and Abdus Sattar, 40, and Yaar Ali, 12, of Kushabaria village.

Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said the thunderbolt struck them when they were working in a field around 1:30pm, killing the five on the spot and injuring three others.

The injured were undergoing treatment at Kushtia Medical College Hospital, the OC said. 

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Lightning kills 5

Five people were killed and three others injured by a lightning strike in Atigram-Dhalsha village of Kushtia's Mirpur upazila yesterday.

The dead are Mosharraf Hossain, 55, of Poyari village, Abul Kashem, 43, and Shaheen, 42, of Atigram village, and Abdus Sattar, 40, and Yaar Ali, 12, of Kushabaria village.

Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said the thunderbolt struck them when they were working in a field around 1:30pm, killing the five on the spot and injuring three others.

The injured were undergoing treatment at Kushtia Medical College Hospital, the OC said. 

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কুয়াশায় আরিচা-কাজিরহাট, পাটুরিয়া-দৌলতদিয়া নৌরুটে ফেরি চলাচল বন্ধ

ঘন কুয়াশায় আজ রোববার ভোর সোয়া ৫টার দিকে আরিচা-কাজিরহাট নৌরুটে ফেরি চলাচল বন্ধ হয়ে যায়। রো-রো ফেরি খানজাহান আলী যাত্রী ও যানবাহন নিয়ে মাঝ নদীতে নোঙর করে রয়েছে।

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