The floodwaters left half a million people stranded.
To decrease the impact of catastrophes, integration among local and national bodies is necessary.
Two earthquakes with epicentres very close to Dhaka jolted the capital in a span of just 11 days, raising concerns among leading experts about more quakes and the country’s preparedness.
Poet and writer Ishor Dulon Roy, author of Teestar Kanna, told The Daily Star that many of his relatives live on the Teesta shoal. Once they were all rich, all now lost to the river erosion.
Cyclone Sitrang, currently located around 495 kilometre South-Southwest of Payra port and advancing towards the coast at a speed of 15 km, will cross between Barishal and Chattogram near Khepupara by tomorrow (October 25, 2022) morning, the met office said.
Almost a quarter of the world's population are exposed to significant flood risks, according to new research published Tuesday, which warned those in poorer countries were more vulnerable.
With a vision to improve the lives of the underprivileged, Inner Wheel Club (IWC) of Dhaka Uptown strives to restore harmony by establishing women’s rights, ensuring maternity healthcare, fighting poverty and diseases, providing education, and much more.
Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, as the Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to aid the disaster’s victims.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said severe floods cause damages but they also have some positive aspects.
Taiwan braces itself for the arrival of a vast typhoon, expected to hit the island on July 8, 2016.
A man buried in rubble for almost three days after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China is pulled out alive, state media says.
The Guatemalan authorities say the number of people killed in the hillside collapsed in El Cambray has risen to 73.
Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead.
Bangladesh must enforce laws to stop child labour and occupational and environmental health dangers in tannery industry, says Human Rights Watch.
16 people dies and large number of houses collapse in Bihar, a seismically active zone, after two powerful earthquakes rocked neighbouring Nepal on Tuesday afternoon.
A teenage boy has been rescued after surviving for five days in the rubble of a building, following an earthquake that killed some 5,500 people in Nepal.
Aid begins to reach remote regions near the epicentre of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.
Cyclone Pam badly damages up to 90 percent of houses in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, Oxfam says.
Terming it a "calamity", Vanuatu's president calls for international help after Cyclone Pam ripped through the Pacific archipelago
