A National Network on Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction
The lives of people in several districts of the country have been hampered because of the continuous rainfall for the last three days. People in those districts have been suffering a great extent as low-lying areas were submerged because the of poor drainage system. Moreover, crops on vast tracts of land were submerged which could […]
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The almost unbearable bout of sweltering heat has endangered the normal life in the country. Besides the scorching sun and dry weather, shortage of electricity and water supply has added to the people’s sufferings in the urban areas. The ongoing ‘heat wave’ is also taking its toll on some selected agricultural crops. Besides, it has
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Nipah virus claimed seven more lives in Pabna,Rajshahi, Rajbarhi, Jhenaidah, Naogaon, Natore and Gaibandha, raising the death toll to eight so far this month. Director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Mahmudur Rahman said they found six people infected in Rajbarhi, Jhenaidah, Naogaon, Natore and Gaibandha. Five died of them.
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In Chuadanga (Damurdhuda) and Kurigram (Chilmari) district around 4 people died (3 of them are women and one man) by cold related disease. The lowest temperature 4.4 degree temperature has been recorded in Damurdhuda at 26th January and 5 degree in Chuadanga at 27th January 2013. Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Dhaka,
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A quake that was felt in entire Bangladesh for nearly two minutes from 6:40:47pm had its epicentre in Sikkim, India. It was the strongest tremor to have hit the region in the last six decades. The tremor damaged a number of buildings and structures in parts of the country. However, no casualty was reported in
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Heavy monsoon rains in recent days have caused at least five rivers in South Western Bangladesh to burst their banks, flooding more than 1,000 square kilometres of farmland in the remote Satkhira district. According to agencies working in the area, at least 5.5 million people of two hundred thousand families have been made homeless in
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Nine rivers including the Padma, which were flowing above their flood levels on Tuesday, continued to rise, resulting in further deterioration of the flood situation in the low-lying areas along their banks on Wednesday (Aug17, 11). The flood situation in Munshiganj, Madaripur, Faridpur, Jessore, Satkhira, Kushtia, Tongi, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Sherpur is likely to deteriorate
Nine Rivers flowing above danger level
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As the temperature is rising the number of diarrhoea patients increased over the country. According to the report of ICDDR’B about 495 and 500 people admitted to the ICDDR’B hospital on 18 and 19 April, 2011. ICDDR’B has taken preparation to tackle the situation. In normal situation about 200 to 300 patients took admission in
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The launch sank around 1:30am on Thursday (April 21, 2011) after colliding with a stone-laden trawler that had already tipped over in the Meghna at Char Kakoria under Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria. The death toll rise 33. Salvage vessel MV Rustom reached the spot at Thursday night and continued rescue operation till 8:00 am on
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