Nor’ Wester Swept in Dhaka City One Killed (news)

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25 April 2012 Dhaka Bagladesh-  Tree branches comes down on vehicles and city corportation remove it in Here road in the capital. A nor’wester  in tied with heavy rains swept the capital of Dhaka city on Wednesday night. More than 30 trees fall on the road number of vehicles damages. According to the Shahbagh police said, A rickshaw puller was killed as a tree fell in his head and his passanger is in grave condation  at Dhaka Medical College Hospotal DMCH  during the storm swept in Dhaka city . © Monirul Alam Note: See more on http://www.zumapress.com/search_results.html?HEADLINE=Heavy+Rains+In+Bangladesh

400 shanties gutted in Dhaka Bangladesh

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17 Nov. 2011. Dhaka.Bangladesh-People search for belongings after a devastating fire at a slum at Mohammadpur Rayer Bazar in Dhaka, A devastating fire gutted around 400 shanties of a slum in the capital’s Rayer Bazar area Thursday afternoon. The blaze completely damaged two under-construction buildings adjacent to the tin-shed slum in Battala  Rayer Bazar . At least 2,000 people, mostly garment workers and rickshaw pullers lost their homes in the incident. ©Monirul Alam http://monirul.photoshelter.com/