500,000 marooned in flood ravaged Bangladesh, six killed in landslides

October 9th, 2009 MANILA - At least 113 people were killed in a series of landslides and floods brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Seventy of the victims were killed in landslides in La Trinidad town in Benguet province, 210 km north of Manila, according to provincial Governor Nestor Fongwan.

October 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - The death toll from flooding and landslides in western Nepal rose to 54 with thousands displaced from their homes, officials said Thursday. The flash floods and landslides were triggered by heavy rains which began Sunday evening and left a trail of destruction as the system moved east across the Himalayan nation.

October 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - As the flood toll in Nepal rose beyond 50 people and thousands were marooned in the western region, the UN Thursday said it was sending a special envoy to announce a disaster reduction plan. Margareta Wahlstrm, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, will arrive in Kathmandu Tuesday for a three-day visit, accompanied by senior officials from the World Bank, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Development Programme, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

October 8th, 2009 MANILA - At least 75 people were killed in a series of landslides brought about by days of heavy rains in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Seventy two remained missing in the landslides, which occurred in Benguet and Mountain provinces since Thursday.

October 7th, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least 40 people were killed and thousands displaced as late rains continued to lash western Nepal for over 72 hours, spreading a flood-wrought disaster after a meagre monsoon caused drought in the agro-based republic. Landslides and raging rivers killed 40 people, including children, in Achham, Parbat and Dadeldhura districts while highways remained cut off and air and ferry services had to be discontinued.

October 6th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Thirteen people were killed early Tuesday morning due to landslides in farwestern Nepal, triggered by heavy unseasonal rains. Police said 12 people, including two women besides children, died in Mastmandu village in remote Dadeldhura district where landslides engulfed nearly a dozen houses.

August 14th, 2009 DHAKA - A speeding bus hit a tree and crashed into a canal in Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people and injuring 10, reports said here today. The accident occurred in Feni, a town 80 miles east of Dhaka, United News of Bangladesh said.

July 31st, 2009 Police: Landslides kill 10 people in BangladeshDHAKA, Bangladesh — Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains killed 10 people in southeastern Bangladesh on Friday, authorities said. The pre-dawn deaths occurred in Bandarban district, a mountainous region 155 miles (248 kilometers) southeast of the capital, the area's police chief Quamrul Ahsan said.

July 31st, 2009 Report: Landslides kill 10 people in BangladeshDHAKA, Bangladesh — A domestic news agency says landslides caused by heavy rains have killed 10 people in southeastern Bangladesh. The United News of Bangladesh reports the deaths occurred early Friday in Bandarban district 155 miles (248 kilometers) southeast of the capital Dhaka.

July 31st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least nine people were killed and four injured after landslides hit three districts in western Nepal, officials said Friday. The landslides followed heavy monsoonal rains since Thursday night.

July 1st, 2009 NANCHANG - At least 11 people were killed Wednesday in landslides caused by rainstorms in China's Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces, officials said. Rainstorms have hit the eastern Jiangxi and southwestern Guizhou provinces since Sunday, triggering landslides at several places Wednesday.

May 27th, 2009 DHAKA - The death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 121 in Bangladesh as thousands of people in coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal in both Bangladesh and India were marooned. The storm that ripped through the south-western coast Monday has left at least 32 people dead in Satkhira, 25 in Noakhali, 20 in Khulna, 13 in Bhola, nine in Barisal, seven in Patuakhali, six in Laxmipur, two each in Bagerhat and Cox's Bazar, and one in Magura, according to reports from the affected areas.

May 26th, 2009 DHAKA - The death toll from Cyclone Aila, which hit Bangladesh Monday, rose to 62 Tuesday following recovery of 44 more bodies from various storm-battered coastal districts, ATN Bangla TV channel reported. Cyclone Aila hit the south-western coast Monday afternoon, killing at least 18 people as per initial reports and washing away several thousand homes.

May 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - The US government believes that Islamist militancy is still a major concern in Bangladesh, the US ambassador in Dhaka said Sunday. 'We do have disturbing indications.

March 6th, 2009 DHAKA - The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Thursday announced that it has postponed Pakistan's cricket tour to the country scheduled to start later this week. 'The Bangladesh Cricket Board has postponed Pakistan's tour of Bangladesh 2009 as advised by the government authorities,' the BCB said in a brief statement.