Myanmar city cut off in ‘Mocha’ wake
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar—Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after ...
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Cat. 5 cyclone hits Myanmar, Bangladesh
Cyclone Mocha began to crash ashore at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday, Bangladesh’s weather office said, uprooting trees and bringing ...
Read moreCyclone Mocha reaches top hurricane category: US weather centre
Cyclone Mocha intensified into the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane as it barrelled through the Bay of Bengal towards ...
Read moreBangladesh evacuations ahead of Cyclone Mocha
Bangladesh Saturday moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from “risky areas” to community centres and hundreds fled an island as the ...
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IMF grants $4.7-b loan package to help Bangladesh
DHAKA—The International Monetary Fund has signed off on a $4.7 billion support loan package for Bangladesh to help it cope ...
Read moreBangladesh inaugurates first elevated metro line to ease traffic congestion
DHAKA, Bangladesh—Bangladesh’s sprawling capital inaugurated its first-ever metro rail line on Wednesday as authorities work to ease congestion that has ...
Read moreBangladesh bares plan to raise tariffs on luxury products
DHAKA—In an apparent bid to conserve eroding forex reserves, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the country’s relevant authorities ...
Read moreBangladesh cyclone death toll climbs to 28
Bangladesh rescue workers found the bodies of four missing crew of a dredger boat, taking the death toll from Cyclone ...
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16 dead, 1 million seek shelter as cyclone hits Bangladesh
At least 16 people died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from ...
Read moreBangladesh to evacuate 400,000 ahead of cyclone
DHAKA—Bangladesh authorities were evacuating hundreds of thousands of people Monday from the path of a cyclone heading for the densely ...
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