Two workers were killed in a lightning strike at Fakiraghona in Maheshkhali upazila on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Ahmed Kabir, 32, son of late Amir Golal, and Nurul Kabir.
Quoting locals, Probash Chandra, officer-in-charge of Maheshkhali Police Station, said the duo was struck by a thunderbolt while working in a salt field around 9am, leaving one of them dead on the spot and the other injured.
Later, the injured was taken to Sadar Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.