Bangladesh
In response to the increasingly apparent scale of the devastation caused by cyclone "Sidr" in Bangladesh, the Federal Foreign Office Saturday (17 November) increased its emergency aid for the victims to 500,000 euro. With these additional funds, German non-governmental organizations operating…
Bangladesh
The German Development ministry makes available another 200,000 Euros for urgent relief measures benefiting the victims of the devastating cyclone "Sidr". The German government thereby provides a total of 700,000 Euros for the area hit by the disaster. The additional…
Bangladesh
Deputy Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs Massimo D'Alema has arranged, through the Directorate General for Development Cooperation, for the immediate despatch of aid to the Bangladeshi people struck by hurricane Sidr. In particular, this involves the timely provision of emergency…
Bangladesh
500.000 € se destinarán a garantizar la seguridad alimentaria a través del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) que ya está distribuyendo la ayuda en el país. Esta cantidad permitirá destinar 1.600 toneladas de alimentos para 800.000 personas durante unos 15…
Bangladesh
Plan Bangladesh is an international humanitarian, child focused development organization without religious, political or government affiliation. Plan Bangladesh and one of its partner NGO Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) left Dhaka yesterday (November 16, 2007) to start immediate emergency relief operation…
Bangladesh
Cry for food and shelter under the open sky CURRENT SITUATION The extent of damage caused by the super cyclone SIDR that swept through Bangladesh Coast on 15 November 2007 could not be established as reports of losses from remote areas…
Bangladesh
Deaths 1200 reported and rapidly rising Missing Close to 1500 Population in most directly devastated areas 700,000 combined Estimated no of affected population 3.2 million People in shelters 1 million Affected districts 21 Districts (15 coastal+6 other districts touched on the cyclone path) Latest Update The official figures of deaths…
Bangladesh
By Anis Ahmed DHAKA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Military ships and helicopters were trying on Saturday to reach thousands of survivors of a super cyclone that killed at least 1,000 people and pummeled the impoverished country with mighty winds and…
Bangladesh
The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, offers his profound condolences to the government and people of Bangladesh in the wake of Cyclone Sidr which struck across the country causing over a thousand victims and destroying countless…
Bangladesh
Devastating super cyclonic storm SIDR struck the districts of Khulna (Dakop), Bagerhat (Saronkhola, Morrelganj), Satkhira (Shaymnagar), Barguna (Sadar, Pathorghata, Amtali), Patuakhali (Galachipa ), Pirojpur (Balashwar) and Barisal (Sadar, Bakherganj, Babuganj, Mehendiganj) and in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar coastal belts of…
