At least 23 people were killed and 27 injured after a massive explosion on Wednesday at an unauthorised firecracker manufacturing factory in a densely-populated residential area in East Punjab’s Gurdaspur, India. Several people were feared trapped under the debris and…
Santa Barbara, Sep 4 (AP/UNB) — High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed dead after a fire engulfed a scuba diving boat…
September 2, 2019 SANDRP Different kinds of Dam Floods is affecting India this monsoon. Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) Dam, thanks to decision of the Govt of India and its Ministry of Water Resources, Narmada Control Authority including its Chairperson UP…
Bahamas, Sept 03 (AP/UNB) — Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with so much wind and water that authorities urged people to find floatation devices and grab hammers to break out of their…
Dhaka, Sept 02 – The most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean islands of the Bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings and caused severe flooding.
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage as tens of thousands of soldiers got…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the d amage as tens of thousands of soldiers…
Demonstrators gathered outside Brazilian embassies on Friday to protest against inaction on Amazon fires. Hundreds gathered in cities including London, Madrid and Bogota, calling for Brazilian president Jairo Bolsonaro to act.
Dhaka, Aug 19 (UNB) – At least 24 people were killed in Himachal Pradesh and three people died in Punjab in rain-related incidents on Sunday as the two states received rainfall over ten times more than normal, officials said, reports…
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – There is nothing new in slum fire in Dhaka city. When it happens, it leaves thousands of people in deep despair. Over 20,000 slum dwellers turned paupers within hours in Friday night’s fast-moving fire in…
Jamalpur, Aug 16 (UNB) – Three people, including two siblings, were killed by lightning here on Friday. Anwar Hossain, 25, and his brother Al Amin, 19, sons of Abdul Latif of Chengtimari village in Dewanganj upazila, were struck by a…
Dhaka, Aug 17 – The massive fire that broke out at a slum in Mirpur-7 of the city on Friday was doused early Saturday after six hours of efforts by firefighters.
India issued a fresh flood alert Wednesday for parts of the southern state of Kerala, as the nationwide death toll from the annual monsoon deluge rose to at least 244. Authorities warned Kerala locals of heavy rainfall over the next…
The death toll from India’s monsoon floods climbed to 202 till today as heavy rainfall kept pounding coastalregions in the west and south. Authorities have already moved more than 1.2 million people to relief camps. The southern tourist hotspot of…
Beijing, Aug 11 (AP/UNB) — A powerful typhoon left at least 28 people dead in southeastern China, after a landslide backed up a river that broke through debris and inundated homes, state media reported Sunday.
Berlin, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — A rare tornado injured 19 people, two of them severely, in Luxembourg, while 15 soccer players were injured by a lightning strike in southern Germany as unseasonal storms hit northern Europe late Friday. The tornado…
The dengue situation across the country keeps getting worse every day with the authorities fearing further deterioration during and after the Eid-ul-Azha celebrations. The number of dengue patients admitted to hospitals has been increasing since the beginning of August, sources…
August 8, 2019 SANDRP Krishna River Basin is in for worst floods than the previous big flood of August 2005. Already at eight sites, the water level has crossed the previous HFL – Highest Flood Level recorded by CWC (Central…
Chandpur, Aug 5 (UNB)- Erosion by the Meghna river continues unabated in Harishava area in Puranbazar of the district town, forcing hundreds of people to transfer their belongings to safe areas on Sunday evening. In a visit to the area,…
Chandpur, Aug 4 (UNB) – A 200-metre block of the town’s protective embankment and 15 houses had been washed away by the Meghna River since Saturday night, triggering fears of massive erosion. Four temples and a street are now vulnerable…
At least 70 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out in a slum near Narayanganj Zila Parishad office here early Friday. Abdullah Al-Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, said the fire broke out…
Yangon, July 28 (Xinhua/UNB) — At least 13 people were killed by a massive landslide which hit a jade mine in Hpakant township, Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state, on Sunday, a local official said. The incident occurred due to the collapse…
Dhaka, July 28 (UNB) – A total of 75 people, including 56 children and six women, have so far died in 14 flood-hit districts across the country, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Sunday. Among…
Lalmonirhat, July 27 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that flood victims have to endure immense sufferings as the government has “failed” to provide them with necessary relief materials. “It’s the government’s responsibility to stand…
The floods have killed 19 people, including nine children, in the district Kurigram, July 27 – The overall flood situation in Kurigram district showed no sign of improvement on Saturday as Brahmaputra and Dharala rivers kept flowing above the danger…
Philippines, July 27 (AP/UNB) — Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, injuring about 60 and causing substantial damage. The…
by Nabarun Guha, Sahana Ghosh on 23 July 2019 • Deadly monsoon floods have ravaged Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and other protected areas of the state. • Nearly 200 animals have been killed in Kaziranga National Park, home to the…
Kurigram, July 25 (UNB) – Nearly a million people remained stranded, facing acute shortage of food, drinking water and fodder as the flood situation worsened. Heavy downpour in the upstream regions adjacent to Bangladesh and in the district pushed up…
Dhaka, July 24 – The people of some north-north eastern districts and Sylhet region will again experience a medium type flood as the river waters of Teesta, Surma and Kushyara are riasing. Though the Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) officials…
Dhaka, July 22 – Although floodwater started to recede from many areas in the flood-affected northern and northeastern districts of Bangladesh, the victims were going through immense sufferings for want to food and safe drinking water.