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STORY: About 105,000 people have been evacuated so far, but police officials estimated that over four million were still stranded. Thousands of policemen and army personnel have been deployed to ...
The 1998 Bangladesh flood occurred during the severe monsoon season, which began in July and continued until September. Heavy rainfall in the upstream catchment areas of the Ganges , Brahmaputra , and Meghna River caused water levels in these rivers to rise rapidly, resulting in widespread flooding across the country.
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result is very prone to flooding.Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...
The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Zimbabwe for a two-match Test series and a five-match One Day International (ODI) series between 19 February and 14 March 2004. Zimbabwe won the Test series 1–0 [18] and the ODI series 2–1. [19] Meanwhile, Bangladesh hosted the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup from 15 February to 5 March.
The floods in August in eastern Bangladesh, which left more than 70 dead, caused damage estimated at $1.20 billion, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a leading think-tank.
A flood protection embankment along the Gomati River in Bangladesh collapsed late Thursday night due to heavy rainfall, a Navy officer, Lt Cdr M Anwar Hossain said Friday, adding that coordinating ...
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The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in devastated areas and increasing concern about outbreaks of waterborne disease as the ...