Khulna, Bangladesh: Living became a nightmare for people of Dacope, an upazila in southwestern Khulna, after May 25 when the region was battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila that ripped through the coastline into India.
And it has not yet changed for the better for them, even five months inside the devastation.
The people, who lost all they had to the cyclone, started living in makeshift shelters and on high land such as roads, living on the help dished out by government agencies and non-governmental organisations.
The upazila administration soon after the cyclone said 25,067 houses were destroyed and 8349 damaged.
Continue reading People continue to suffer 5 months inside Aila
Thimpu, Bhutan: Bangladesh will prominently raise the issue of suffering of South Asian countries including Bangladesh caused by global warming in the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Meet.
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, said this when she had an audience with former king of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuk at his palace in Thimpu Sunday morning on the third day of her four-day official visit to the Himalayan state.
‘Bangladesh and many other South Asian countries are badly affected due to Continue reading Dhaka to raise S Asia’s suffering at Copenhagen climate meet: Hasina
Bagerhat, Bangladesh: Germany has granted Tk 50 lakh (50,000 euros) for the extension of a project at Jaymoni in Bagerhat.
The money will be used on education and sensitisation of up to 1000 people in the area of the project, implemented by the German NGO Kindernothilfe.
Two precaution committees will be set up in two villages and they will be Continue reading Germany gives Tk 50 lakh for cyclone-hit villages
Khulna, Bangladesh: People of Dacope, which was battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila on May 25, are badly in need of warm clothes as winter is closing in and they are living in makeshift shelters or on high land such as roads.
Their houses, destroyed or damaged during the cyclone, are yet to be rebuilt or repaired and most of them have but fishing to earn their living.
The upazila administration soon after the Aila devastation said 25,067 Continue reading A cruel winter setting in …
More than 190 countries are trying to thrash out the details of a new deal on global warming to be decided in Copenhagen in December, reports Telegraph.co.uk on Thursday.
But already the African nations have walked out of the latest round of UN talks in Barcelona and are threatening to do so again unless the rich nations commit to cutting carbon.
It is the latest blow to any international climate change deal, which is now looking Continue reading Climate change talks on knife-edge
Khulna, Bangladesh: Living became a nightmare for people of Dacope, an upazila in southwestern Khulna, after May 25 when the region was battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila that ripped through the coastline into India.
And it has not yet changed for the better for them, even five months inside the devastation.
The people, who lost all they had to the cyclone, started living in makeshift shelters and on high land such as roads, living on the help dished out by government agencies and non-governmental organisations.
The upazila administration soon after the cyclone said 25,067 houses were destroyed and 8349 damaged.
Continue reading People continue to suffer 5 months inside Aila
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