Cyclone Fani hits eastern India, 8 killed
Normally bustling Kolkata was eerily quiet late Friday as one of the biggest cyclones to hit India in years bore down on the major city after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in its wake.
Villages flooded as weakened Fani passes through Bangladesh
Parts of Bangladesh experienced spells of rains and gusty wind throughout Friday as the super cyclone Fani weakened by the time it reached Bangladesh after making landfall more than 800km away in the Indian state of Odisha in the morning.
Rift emerges in BCL over central committee
A rift has emerged within Bangladesh Chhatra League as the present and immediate past leaders are lobbying ruling Awami League leaders for induction of their followers into its full-fledged central committee, likely to be announced soon.
BNP slams PM for going abroad ahead of Fani
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday criticised prime minister Sheikh Hasina for going abroad without taking any effective steps to save the coastal people from the clutch of the cyclone Fani.
ROHINGYA REPATRIATION Myanmar to assure Rohingyas of safety on return
The Myanmar authorities have agreed on Friday to deepen their engagement with Rohingya communities in makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar to convince them about the steps undertaken so far to receive the forcibly displaced people to Rakhine State.
PM orders working together to face cyclone ‘Fani’
Prime Minister, now in London on an official visit, on Friday asked all public and private organisations to work in a well-coordinated way to face the cyclonic storm Fani.
Saudi road crash leaves 10 Bangladeshis dead
Ten Bangladeshi were killed and seven others injured in a road accident here on Thursday morning.
Cyclone Fani likely to hit Bangladesh Friday evening
The severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ is likely to hit Bangladesh on Friday evening as it is approaching towards the country, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman.
BIWTA suspends water transport services on all routes
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Thursday suspended the operation of all types of water transport services across the country due to formation of cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ over the Bay.
16 Indian commandos killed in Maoist attack
A bomb attack by suspected Maoist rebels killed 15 Indian elite commandos and their driver on Wednesday, police said, in the latest incident of election-time violence in a decades-long insurgency.
