Informes

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it was planning to launch a major relief operation for nearly 20 million people left destitute by the floods in Bangladesh. WFP Executive Director Catherine Bertini said that after two months…

DHAKA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of Bangladeshi troops and rescue workers worked through the night shoring up a vital embankment in the capital threatening to collapse under the pressure of surging flood waters. "Efforts have been stepped up to save…

This report includes: A) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Region: Kosovo crisis B) Bangladesh floods C) Sudan D) Angola E) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo/Brazzaville F) East Africa: Burundi and Tanzania. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical…

By Mustak Hossain CHASARA, Bangladesh, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Many Bangladeshis said on Thursday they feared being swept to a watery death if a vital embankment protecting part of their capital, Dhaka, collapsed. Troops and police joined forces with engineers and…

By Anis Ahmed DHAKA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Bangladesh troops, police, civil engineers and volunteers joined forces on Thursday to try to save a vital embankment threatening to collapse under surging flood waters and inundate tens of thousands of Dhaka…

OCHA/GVA Ref. 98/0285 BANGLADESH - FLOODS OCHA SITUATION REPORT NO. 8 9 SEPTEMBER 1998 General Situation 1. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Dhaka informs that the flood situation is turning from bad to worse and that it is officially regarded as…

By Anamur Rehman DHAKA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The Bangladeshi capital was placed on full alert on Wednesday as massive flood waters threatened to break through a vital embankment protecting over one million of the city's residents. "All relevant agencies including army…

Britain will contribute an extra =A321 million to the relief effort in Bangladesh after the recent devastating floods. The announcement was made today by George Foulkes, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, at a meeting with the Bangladeshi…

Bangladesh has been hit by the country's worst floods since 1988. The long duration of the flooding, which has now lasted 56 days, is of great concern. Since 6 August 1998, MSF has been active in the centre of the…

Dateline ACT Bangladesh 1/98 ACT-RDRS communicator Aloysius Milon Khan reports from the worst floods Bangladesh has seen in decades Dhaka & Geneva, September 8, 1998 The floods in Bangladesh have lasted nearly two months and submerged two-thirds of the country. More than…