Dhaka, Sept. 16 -- Lightning strike has become one of the major panics to the people in the country. About 257 people have been killed by lightning in the first eight months of this year.

Due to the frequent fatal incidents because of lightning strike, most of the farmers are in panic over their livelihood as they have to work in the field for cultivation as well as collecting crops during the rainy session.

According to the sources of Disaster Management Department, every year, hundreds of people across the country are killed by lightning.

As a result, in 2016, Bangladesh declared lightning strikes a natural disaster when more than 200 people died in the month of May alone,

including 82 people on a single day.

Experts say deforestat...