Bangladesh: BANGLADESH-MYANMAR: Rush to deliver aid to thousands after...
Source: IRINCountry: Bangladesh, MyanmarYANGON, 17 June 2010 (IRIN) - Governments and aid workers are scrambling to assist thousands of people - many of them stateless Rohingya refugees - stranded...
View ArticleAngola: GLOBAL: Could be a busy season for disasters
Source: IRINCountry: Angola, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South...
View ArticleBangladesh: In Brief: Monsoon floods maroon over 600,000 in Bangladesh
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshDHAKA, 13 July 2010 (IRIN) - Over 600,000 river island residents have been marooned and thousands of hectares of crops destroyed due to heavy monsoon flooding in...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Unemployment, food prices spur growing hunger
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshDHAKA, 22 July 2010 (IRIN) - Rising unemployment and food prices and a sluggish economy are taking their toll on Bangladesh, where a growing number of people are...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Spreading the floating farms' tradition
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshCHANDRA, 29 July 2010 (IRIN) - As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Move to stem drowning deaths
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshDHAKA, 18 August 2010 (IRIN) - An estimated 18,000 children will die this year - 50 a day - in drowning accidents in Bangladesh, one of the most flood-prone parts of the...
View ArticleBangladesh: ASIA: When hospitals become casualties
Source: IRINCountry: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet NamBANGKOK, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) - Governments and...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Population pressure, climate change drive search for...
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshNAOGAON, 6 September 2010 (IRIN) - Like many farmers in Bangladesh, Abdul Aziz from Naogaon District in northwestern Bangladesh has had to adapt his plantings to...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Tens of thousands flee as floods destroy homes, crops
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshSIRAJGANJ, 17 September 2010 (IRIN) - As late monsoon rains continue to swell Bangladeshi rivers, floodwaters have forced more than 140,000 people to flee their homes and...
View ArticleMyanmar: ASIA: Boosting community resilience in disasters
Source: IRINCountry: Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, Sri LankaBANGKOK, 30 September 2010 (IRIN) - A bed sheet to stop bleeding, broken furniture as splints for fractures, Buddhist temples turned...
View ArticleAfghanistan: AFGHANISTAN-BANGLADESH: Cities key to disaster risk reduction
Source: IRINCountry: Afghanistan, BangladeshBANGKOK, 12 October 2010 (IRIN) - Improving the resiliency of cities is critical to disaster mitigation in Asia, according to specialists. "Cities are more...
View ArticleBangladesh: ASIA: Five cities most at risk of natural disasters
Source: IRINCountry: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, PhilippinesBANGKOK, 20 October 2010 (IRIN) - Well-run, well-built cities can be among the safest places on earth to be when disaster strikes....
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Flood control - which way to go?
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshDHAKA, 20 October 2010 (IRIN) - Recent flooding which displaced nearly half a million people and led to at least 15 deaths has sparked a debate about whether the...
View ArticleBangladesh: BANGLADESH: Community involvement key to disaster preparedness
Source: IRINCountry: BangladeshDHAKA, 18 November 2010 (IRIN) - Working in one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, Bangladeshi aid groups have learned that well-intentioned disaster...
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