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River dredging restarts at Barisal port

October 13, 2008 No Comments

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,

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Pakistan Army doctors treat over 37000 Bangladesh cyclone victims

January 7, 2008 No Comments

Cyclone survivors reach for a bottle of drinking water being distributed by an army soldier in Sarankhola, 430 km (267 miles) southwest of Dhaka, November 23, 2007. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman (BANGLADESH)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

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Indigenous communities and their endangered life

Sharonkhola,Bagerhat is a severely Cyclone SIDR,2007 affected area of the country. An indigenous community named Cobbler is living at...

Cyclone AILA and its adverse impact on child and maternal health

Gabura, Satkhira, Bangladesh: On 23rd May 2009 cyclone Aila hit the south –west part of the country. Since then...

We will be hoping for some rain soon: Naresh Mardi

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh: Farmers had begun to thresh their paddy in Nachol by mid-May. The harvest, they said was good...