October 13, 2008
Dredging activities in the river Kirtankhola resumed Sunday after a week to keep the Barisal river port, the country’s second largest river port, operational.
Declining navigability of the river earlier forced the authorities to shift the jetty for long-haul double and triple deck launches to BIWTC marine workshop on September 26, Read more...
Tags: Bangladesh, Barisal, Kirtankhola, River dredgingClimate Change
January 7, 2008
The Pakistan Army field hospital which was set up at Bhandaria, Barisal and Bangladesh for relief operations after cyclone “Sidr” worked day and night to mitigate the sufferings of flood-affected people, earning goodwill for the country. A Pakistan Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying the field hospital, doctors, paramedics and life-saving drugs was the first to land in Dhaka. The hospital Read more...
Tags: Barisal, Bhandaria, Cyclone Sidr, Pakistan ArmyClimate Change