Lightning killed eight people and injured 15 others in Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Cox's Bazar and Chandpur districts yesterday.

In Panchagarh, two separate incidents of lightning left three people killed and three others injured. The first incident took place at Dalupara village under Tentulia upazila of the district and the second at Kaleswarpara village under Sadar upazila.

Genda Napit, 65, and his family members were struck by lightning while they were asleep at their house at Dulapara village in Tentulia upazila. Genda died on the spot and his grandson Naibul Islam, 16, succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.

Nazma, 20 of Kaleswarpara village in Panchagarh Sadar upazila was killed by lightning. Fazar Ali, Nazmul Haque and an unidentified woman of the same village were injured and admitted to Panchagarh Modern Hospital.

In Rangpur, Sufia, 45, wife of Hafizuddin of Char Ishwarkul village in Gangachara upazila, and her daughter Arjina, 10, died when a thunderbolt hit them. Police recovered the bodies.

Fatiha Akter, 18, was killed and her husband and a child were injured by lightning in Kalarmarchhara area under Moheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar.

In Nilphamari, Kaltu Mahmud, 35, son of Osman Ali, was killed at Chaoradangi village in Jaldhaka upazila of the district. He was struck by lightning while working in his paddy field in the morning.

Lightning killed Delu Mollah at Damadi village in Sadar upazilla of Chadpur district when he was working in the paddy field near the river Meghna. Housewife Fatema Begum, 40, and Razia Akhter, 12, of the village received burn injury in the incident.