Thakurgaon, Sept 11 (UNB) – Two people -- a schoolboy and a woman -- have been killed in separate incidents of snakebite in Pirganj and Haripur upazilas of the district.
In Pirganj upazila, Hasan Dipu, 7, son of Akbar Ali of Narayanpur village, was sleeping in his room on Monday night when a snake bit him.
Family members first called a snake charmer who tried to treat the boy locally but failed.
Later, Dipu died on the way to hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.
Ramisa Begum, 35, wife of late Shafiuddin of Gajdumdangi village in Haripur upazila, was giving food to her cattle in the early hours of Tuesday when a snake bit her.
Later, she also died on the way to the Upazila Health Complex.