Lightning kills two

A woman and her niece were killed by lightning at Namakayakuri village under Nakla upazila of the district yesterday afternoon. The deceased are Delwara Begum, wife of Mafidul Islam, and her niece Bilkis Akhter, 11, daughter of Abul Kalam. Police and locals said they were struck by a thunderbolt while returning home with their cattle from a nearby field around 3:00pm. They died on the spot.