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Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras were the countries most severely affected by extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, according to a climate change risk study published on Tuesday.
A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh.
December 2, 2009: Bangladesh is a Moslem country in eastern India. Bangladesh used to be (from 1947-71) East Pakistan.
A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 30 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
Rescue workers struggled to find survivors Saturday after at least 28 people were killed when a Bangladesh ferry overloaded with people going home to celebrate a Muslim holiday capsized.
Rescuers have retrieved 32 bodies, including at least 12 children, and are searching for scores of people missing after an overcrowded ferry sank in a river along the Bangladesh coast, police and witnesses said on Saturday.
Death Toll Rises in Weekend Tragedy as 17 More Bodies are Pulled from River
Twenty-six people were killed and dozens more were feared dead after a Bangladesh ferry -- jammed with over 1,000 people going home to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday -- partially sank, an official said Saturday.
A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 18 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
Dhaka- The death toll from the ferry accident in Bangladesh's southern Bhola district has risen to at least 51, according to press reports on Sunday. According to local authorities, more than 1,500 people were on the ferry when it capsized while tryi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A triple-deck ferry packed with hundreds of travelers heading home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 37 dead and scores missing, authorities said today. M.V. Coco, travel...
Eleven people were killed and 50 feared dead after a Bangladesh ferry packed with over 1,000 people going home to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday partially sank, police said Saturday.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A rescue ship has righted a tilted triple-deck ferry, revealing more bodies hours after the boat capsized near a dock in southern Bangladesh.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A search through the submerged cabins of a waterlogged ferry in Bangladesh has raised the death toll to 58.
A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they were disembarking at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
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