Bangladesh: Fresh landslides claims four lives
According to local media reports, in Khagrachhari, two siblings were killed.
In Moulvibazar, landslides claimed the lives of a woman and her daughter.
In Khagrachhari, two brothers -- Nur Nabi, 13, and Hossain, 7, of Patachhara union were asleep when a huge chunk of mud collapsed on their house at Gudamchhara village around 6:00am, The Daily Star reported quoting police.
The bodies of the two siblings were later recovered.
The other members of the family were safe, a police official was quoted as saying by The Daily Star.
Landslide in Maulvibazar claimed the lives of Achhia Begum, 35, wife of Abdus Sattar of Dimai village, and her daughter Fahmida Begum, 13, reports said.
More than 150 people were killed in Bangladesh last week when landslides hit hilly districts of Rangamati, Chittagong, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar.
Image: Internet Grab
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
