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Dhaka City News Archive
News are often easily forgotten, and we want to archive some news stories of Dhaka City and Bangladesh here at Dhaka-City.com. For fresh news visit: Dhaka-City News.
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The goal of this news archive is to store significant news relating especially to Dhaka City but also to Bangladesh. The news stories will reveal info about the Dhaka City, Bangladesh and how it is to live and travel in the country.
This is not a blog, but the news archive will be stored in similar way with oldest first and at the end of the year the stories will be archived under the year they were written in.
Time for floods in Bangladesh
2007 August 6
Almost 200 people have died in the floods in the last few days in Bangladesh and India. People in the flood-hit Bangladeshi town of Sirajganj have become so desperate for relief that scuffles start when boats carrying aid arrive.
The floods have not only brought fears of disease and water shortages, they have also made even basic things like cooking and sleeping very difficult.
In circumstances like this it is vital to provide clean water to avoid deceases. The Army is assisting with this task as well as local and international non-governmental organisations.
One of the major problems in assisting the indigent people of Bangladesh when floods destroy the farmers crops, is accessibility. Many of the roads leading to the areas hardest hit by this natural calamity are washed away and bridges are destroyed.
In Bangladesh thousands of families are on the move in search of higher ground. Hundreds of thousands of people across the affected area are at risk from hunger and disease.
In some areas, the floods are being called the worst in living memory.
Ran away from Kidnappers
2007 June 29
One of the two kidnapped Danish relief and development Danida-workers in Bangladesh ran away from his kidnappers and was found in the forrest area by local resque people. He is well, but tired - of course. He can also inform that the other relief and development worker of Danida is still alive, even though still in the custody of the kidnappers, said Niels Boel Abrahamsen office chief. They do still not know where the other kidnapped Danida worker is.
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