Text Version
RSS Feeds
Newsletter
Home Forum Photos Features Newsletter Archive Employment
About US Help Site Map
SEARCH   About US FAQ Site Map Site News
  SERVICES
  -Text Version
  -RSS Feeds
  -Newsletter
  -News Archive
  -Give us feedback
  -Voices of Readers
  -Online community
  -China Biz info
  What's new
 -
 -
Lightning kills 3, injures 1 in Bangladesh
+ -
08:35, May 26, 2008

 Related News
 One killed, 20 injured in gas explosion in Bangladesh
 Lightning kills 3, injures 1 in Bangladesh
 Bangladeshi female lawyer calls for efforts to realize equal rights
 Gunmen kill one, wound 2 in capital of Bangladesh
 Bangladesh to enact law on consumer protection
 Comment  Tell A Friend
 Print Format  Save Article
Three people, including two siblings, were killed and one was injured in lightning in Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj district, 245 northwest of capital Dhaka, during heavy rainfall Saturday.

Local sources were quoted by private news agency UNB as saying the brothers were working in a paddy field when thunderbolt struck them at about 12:30 p.m. local time (06:30 GMT), killing them on the spot.

Meanwhile, a man was killed and a woman injured when lightning hit their house at the same time in the same district.

Source:Xinhua



  Your Message:   Most Commented:
Flower
Western media are giving us a "lecture"
CNN president apologizes for Jack Cafferty's remarks on China
Poll: Bush most unpopular president
Overseas netizens express sympathy and blessings to quake-hit Chinese

|About Peopledaily.com.cn | Advertise on site | Contact us | Site map | Job offer|
Copyright by People's Daily Online, All Rights Reserved

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6417903.pdf