Lightning kills schoolboy

A schoolboy was killed by lightning in Zakiganj upazila of the district yesterday morning. The deceased is Nayeem Ahmed, 16, a Class X student of Ichamoti High School, and son of Mohon Ali of Tophkhana village in the upazila. Police said a thunderbolt struck Nayeem when he was plowing a field near his house. He was rushed to a hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead.