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Bangladesh to build 2,000 new cyclone centers this year

January 7, 2008 2 Comments

The cyclone caused about 2.3 billion U.S. dollars economic loss

Bangladesh will build 2,000 new cyclone centers in the 15 coastal districts this year following the deadly cyclone Sidr on

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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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Life after Sidr

December 8, 2007 No Comments

Many people lost their Houses by devastating cyclone sidr. Now they are staying beside high roads. These temporary houses are made up with coconut leaves, old clothes and collected resources. Peoples are habituating with these kinds of houses because they don’t have any other choice. This photograph was taken from Khuriakhali, Bagerhat.

Many people lost their Houses by devastating cyclone sidr. Now they are staying beside high roads. These temporary houses are made up with coconut leaves, old clothes and

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Waiting for assistance

November 23, 2007 1 Comment

Md. Arafatul Islam, founder of Voice of South, is distributing Aid to cyclone Sidr sufferers in Khuriakhali, Bangerhat. 

From Khuriakhali, Bangerhat: It was a tough task to enter here because almost every road of entering Khuriakhali is unfit for vehicles. But one canal is available to come here. That’s why I started to come here through a tiny boat on Friday (23 November, 2007). Dead bodies of several animals and birds were floating on the canal.

I have seen the dead body of human being in this canal. Few of them are children and

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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...