District correspondent : Two persons were died after heatstroke in Sirajganj on Thursday.

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They fell ill while cutting paddy around 10 am and died.

They are - farmer Bishnupada Majumdar, 51, of Rahimpur village under Bangala union of the upazila, and businessman Saidul Islam Lablu, 57, of Binaikpur village. Both of them were harvesting paddy in the hot sun in a field next to their village.

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According to the the families of the deceased, the two were harvesting paddy with laborers in their own land from early morning. Around 10 am, both fell seriously ill due to severe heat wave.

Later, local people quickly rescued them but they died on the way to hospital.

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