Dhaka – Brahmaputra river bank erosion has taken a serious turn rendering at least 300 families of Nayachar Bazar and Kodalkati Bazar in Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram homeless in the last three weeks. During a visit to the areas mentioned…
Category: Disasters
California fire: Dozens feared dead in club night blaze
Dozens of people are feared dead after a fire broke out during a rave at a converted warehouse in Oakland, California. Authorities have confirmed nine deaths but say they are preparing for the death toll to rise as high as…
Cyclonic storm Nada weakening in Northwest Bay of Bengal
Dhaka – The cyclonic storm Nada moving towards the north west Bay from south east Bay of Bengal is getting weak and may shrink into a depression to deep depression that may eventually weaken further into a land depression over…
Rohingyas to be sent back: Minister
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar who intruded into Bangladesh through several border points will be sent back to their country at a convenient time. The minister came up with the remark…
Cyclone ‘Nada’ moves northwestwards
The cyclonic storm, ‘Nada’ over the southwest bay and adjoining southeast bay moved northwestwards over the southwest bay and adjoining area.
Two homicides in one Naogaon family in a single night
Dhaka – A septuagenarian man was allegedly stabbed to death by his younger son and the ‘killer son’ was killed by his elder brother at Shimulia village in Sadar upazila in Naogaon on Thursday night.
Magnitude 7.0 offshore quake rattles El Salvador
El Salvador (AP/UNB) – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rattled El Salvador’s Pacific coast Thursday, but the country’s civil defense agency said there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
Magnitude 7.2 quake at sea shakes Central America as hurricane hits
Dhaka – A strong earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Central America shook the region on Thursday, and could prompt hazardous tsunami waves, U.S. monitoring agencies said, just as a hurricane barreled into the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Costa…
16,000 turkeys killed in Germany to stop spread of bird flu
Berlin – Authorities in northern Germany have killed 16,000 turkeys and ordered 92,000 chickens slaughtered after detecting an outbreak of bird flu. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that the outbreak of the H5N8 strain of the virus affected three…
Earthquake off Fukushima, Japan; no tsunami warning
Tokyo (AP/UNB) – A strong earthquake has shaken the same area in Japan hit by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake two days ago. No tsunami warning was issued.
Japan tsunami triggers rare tidal waves
(CNN)The strong earthquake and resulting tsunami in eastern Japan Monday did not result in significant damage or casualties, but it did produce an interesting and rare phenomenon known as a “tidal bore.” A "tidal bore" forced by Monday's tsunami in…
Bangladesh to get $20m for natural risk management
Bangladesh will get $20 million for reducing the risks of damages caused by natural disasters and climate change.The United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and Sweden joined hands together to provide the fund to address the country’s key climate…
Offshore quake causes tsunamis, nuclear worries in Japan
Tokyo (AP) — Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s northeastern shore Tuesday and fueled concerns about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a much larger tsunami five…
Bride-to-be searches for father after Indian train disaster
The whole world came crashing down around 20-year-old bride-to-be Ruby Gupta after the Indore-Patna Express derailed today as she is yet to trace her father, reports Times of India.Ruby, who was left with a fractured arm, was on her way…
Nobanno Utsab in Mymensingh
Mymensingh Correspondent To celebrate the Nobanno Utsab, Mymensingh District Administration organised a day-long programme at Baishakhi Moncha in the town’s Zainul Abedin Park on November 15. The day’s programme included discussion meeting, pitha festival, cultural programmes and so on. The…
Tremor shakes city
Dhaka – A light tremor measuring 4.6 in the Richter scale shook the city on Tuesday at 8:10am The epicenter of the tremor was in Sylhet, the Met Officesaid. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualty.
New Zealand earthquake leaves 3 cows stranded
Wellington (AP/UNB) — Three New Zealand cows looked like they could use a little help Monday after an earthquake triggered landslides all around them and left them stranded on a small island of grass.
New Zealand hit by second strong quake
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude has hit New Zealand’s South Island, hours after an initial quake killed two people. The new tremor struck at 13:45pm local time (00:45 GMT) at a depth of 10km (6 miles), northeast of Christchurch.…
Tsunami hits New Zealand after massive quake
Dhaka – An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 has struck central New Zealand, the US Geological Survey says, causing widespread damage and generating a tsunami. New Zealand’s Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has warned of the risk…
Powerful quake strikes near New Zealand, triggering tsunami
Wellington- A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, shaking awake residents, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency services to warn people along the coast to move to higher ground to avoid tsunami waves. The magnitude-7.8 earthquake…
Depression weakens after landfall in Chittagong coast
Dhaka – The deep depression over northeast bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards further, weakened into a depression before making landfall and started to cross Chittagong coast near Sitakunda at 6am on Sunday. It is likely to move in a…
Powerful earthquake rattles central, southern Italy
Rome (AP/UNB) —A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has rocked central and southern Italy, sending already quake-damaged buildings crumbling after a week of temblors that have left thousands homeless. There were no immediate reports of injuries or…
Quakes rattle Italy, crumble buildings causing panic
Rome 27 (AP/UNB) — A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people.…
Mild tremor shakes city, other areas
Dhaka – A mild tremor shook the capital and other parts of the country on Wednesday noon.The earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale, was felt around 1:20 pm, met office sources said,UNB News Agency Reported.
At least 23 die in Odisha hospital fire in eastern India
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — A fire broke out late Monday at a private hospital in a city in eastern India, killing at least 23 people, India’s federal health minister said. Minister J.P. Nadda disclosed the death toll from the fire…
Create green belts to protect country from disasters: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for creating green belts through afforestation to protect the country from natural disasters like cyclone and tidal surge.”The only way before us to protect the country from cyclone and tidal surge…
Hurricane Matthew batters Florida coast, kills 842 in Haiti
Hurricane Matthew has killed more than 800 people and left tens of thousands homeless in its rampage through Haiti before lashing Florida with rain and howling winds and rolled northward up the US Atlantic coast. The number of fatalities in…
Now school children working as disaster preparedness ambassadors
Dhaka: The dream of 10-year-old Tasfia Sultana to sit for the primary school examination from a non-formal school in Cox’s Bazar was about to be shattered after a nor’wester blew over her area in March last. Mohseniapara Shikhon School was…
The horrors of a hurricane, doubled by statelessness
Skye Wheeler Hurricane “Matthew” is set to hit Haiti and Jamaica. Southern Haiti will likely be hit hard, including Anse-a-Pitres, one of the poorest and most remote areas of the island. My thoughts tonight are with Haitians, but also with…