The death toll from floods, mountain flows and landslides has reached 44, while 39 others have been injured. A total of 267,918 families are stranded, while the number of affected individuals has reached 1,022,963. Due to the impact of monsoon, heavy rainfall started in Chattogram area on 4 July. Over the past week, the region […]
Millions of Rohingya refugees living in camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar remain at risk of landslides as heavy rains continue. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that 95 landslides occurred in Rohingya camps between 4 and 9 July. At least 15 Rohingya refugees were killed in these incidents, while 4,307 people […]
“Five people, including a child, were killed in two separate landslides in the same area of Lama. The bodies have been recovered and necessary legal procedures are underway,” he said. According to the police, the first incident took place around 4:00 am in Mission Para (Paglir Jhiri) area of Aziznagar Union of Lama upazila. The […]
Rohingya community leader Akhtar Kamal said that the landslide occurred in Block D-6 of Jamtoli refugee camp (Camp-15) at around 1:30 am. A part of the hill fell on the house of Rohingya refugee Kamal Hussain. Kamal Hussain, 44, his wife Humaira Begum, 39, and their four-year-old son Mohammad Anas were murdered while they slept. […]
Three members of a family were killed when a huge piece of mud fell on their house in the Chamelibag residential area of Sylhet city on Monday morning. The rescue operation began at around 8 am today and the bodies buried in the mud were recovered at around 1:30 pm. The deceased included Agha Karim […]
Shahporan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Harunur Rashid Chowdhury said upon receiving information, a police team reached the spot at around 8am and is trying to rescue them. Sylhet has been receiving heavy rainfall for the past few days while several areas of the district have been hit by floods.
Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman told Prothom Alo that refugee camps No. 6, 7, 9 and 10 are most vulnerable to landslides, and that about 100,000 Rohingya live in these camps. However, there will not be a need to evacuate everyone. He said that if it rains continuously, there may be a […]
Two earthquakes struck western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring 11 people, damaging homes and causing landslides that blocked a major highway, officials said. Landslides following earthquakes of magnitude 6.3 and 5.3 in Bajhang district, bordering India, blocked roads in the southern plains, Interior Ministry official Ram Acharya told Reuters. The earthquakes, centered in Talkot and Chainpur, […]
The death toll from a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote part of Myanmar has risen to at least 31, rescue workers said on Wednesday, while eight people were still missing. The disaster occurred on Sunday outside Hpakant township in northern Kachin after torrential rains and floods ravaged the area over the […]
“About 25 people went missing. We haven’t got a detailed list because it is difficult to reach here,” a rescue worker told AFP from the scene on condition of anonymity. He described how a massive mound of earth around 150–180 m (500–600 ft) high caused by mining excavations became loose and collapsed due to heavy […]
Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalkathi, Pirojpur, Barguna and their offshore islands and the coastal districts of Char will come under the danger signal of major threat. 8. Under the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclone, low-lying areas in the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram and their offshore islands […]
