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Govt needs 2 lakh MT foodgrain assistance |
| 26 / 11 / 2007 |
| The government has told donors that it needs at least two lakh metric tons of foodgrains in assistance since the cyclone and floods have caused extensive damage to crops leading to a shortfall of 10 lakh metric tons. |
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Thousands pass nights in the open |
| 24 / 11 / 2007 |
| Relief efforts have been geared up in the cyclone-ravaged southern districts but private assistance still remain mostly confined to certain areas due to battered communication as thousands of people, who have lost their homesteads, are still passing cold nights in the open.
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Panorama of devastations: Foreign diplomats visibly moved while visiting cyclone hit areas; $398.8m aid pledged so far, more pouring in |
| 22 / 11 / 2007 |
| A week after the severe cyclone, official relief agencies yesterday claimed they have reached the last remaining pockets of devastation. The Armed Forces is at the forefront of the huge aid operation. But, the food supplies are still said to be woefully inadequate.
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Army called out in Kolkata over Taslima, Nandigram |
| 22 / 11 / 2007 |
| The Indian army was called out on the streets of Kolkata when activists of a Muslim forum enforced road blocks across the city and clashed with the police demanding immediate deportation of author Taslima Nasreen to Bangladesh.
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Nation faces catastrophe, says chief adviser |
| 21 / 11 / 2007 |
| The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, has said the nation is facing a catastrophe caused by the deadly cyclone Sidr and made a clarion call for all irrespective of party and opinion to stand beside the distressed people with whatever they could spare.
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Survivors cry out for food, water |
| 20 / 11 / 2007 |
| Millions of survivors of the decade’s deadliest cyclone Sidr kept struggling for food, drinking water and shelter four days after the nightmare that saw over 3000 people dead and hundreds of villages razed to the ground.
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Urgent needs must be urgently met |
| 18 / 11 / 2007 |
| Notwithstanding the successful operation of the cyclone preparedness programme that has hopefully helped limit human casualties to a minimum possible figure by way of four days of advance warning given at regular intervals and house-to-house alarm messages reached by 40,000 volunteers of the CPP, the loss of life and property caused by super cyclone SIDR has been colossal. Now a dynamic rescue, relief and rehabilitation scheme has to be in place to coordinate the post-cyclone response of the government, the people, the international community and the affected people themselves to put them back on the regular chores of life as soon as possible. The government has announced its immediate allocations for supporting the suffering people in five worst affected districts. More allocations would be made as a total picture of the devastation caused by the worst cyclone in 16 years would emerge from the remote and inaccessible areas most battered by the 240-kilometres-an-hour winds and the storm surge that the cyclone generated. As reported, the cyclone caused damage to 95 per cent of the standing Aman paddy crops right at the time of their harvest, and also to the winter vegetables crops that had started coming to markets pushing their prices down.
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Sidr death toll crosses 2,000 |
| 18 / 11 / 2007 |
| The death toll from Thursday’s cyclone Sidr rose to more than 2000 with reports of destruction pouring in as rescuers struggled to reach remote watery edges of the coastal districts.
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Cyclone wrecks south, kills 652 |
| 17 / 11 / 2007 |
| At least 652 people were killed till Friday evening as cyclone Sidr roared inland along the southern coasts Thursday afternoon packing a speed of 240kmph at landfall, damaging standing crops on vast expanses and blowing off innumerable houses along the track.
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Remand for Tarique rejected |
| 17 / 11 / 2007 |
| Two different courts of Dhaka yesterday, rejected two petitions to put BNP\'s Senior Joint Secretary General and former Premier Khaleda Zia\'s elder son Tarique Rahman on remand for 7 days each. However, if necessary, I0 was permitted to quiz Tarique at the jail gate.
In one case Tarique was accused of extortioning Taka one crore 32 lakh, while in another case he allegedly extorted Taka 5 crore. On March 27 this year, Khan Md Aftab Uddin, proprietor, Reza Construction filed the first case with Gulshan Thana accusing Gias Uddin Al-Mamun, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Obaidul Kader, Kamruzzaman, Hablu, Mahbub and Mota Tareque. In the case, Mamun made confessional statement and on April 21,
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