Lightning strikes kill 4 in Kushtia, Netrokona and Habiganj
17 September 2026
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'No doubt' of climate change role in deadly China-Nepal flood: scientists
17 September 2026
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‘Everything is gone’: Nepal’s thriving river town buried in mud and grief
16 September 2026
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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
11 September 2026
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,357 as rescuers scour tunnels
8 September 2026
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'The flood is coming': How a Nepal principal saved 900 students
6 September 2026
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Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
5 September 2026
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Three floods in two months, and no time to recover
5 September 2026
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Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Turkey earthquake: 2 Bangladeshi teams likely to join rescue efforts
"We are planning to send two teams -- an emergency medical team and a rescue team -- to Turkey," foreign ministry Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told The Daily Star.
7 February 2023
5.5 magnitude quake jolts Turkey again
"M 5.5 – 9 km ESE of Golbasi, Turkey at 8:43 am. Location:37.765°N 37.743°E and Depth:10.0 km," reported USGS.
7 February 2023
Why is Turkey an earthquake hotspot?
Earthquakes are not uncommon in Turkey and other regions of the world. But why? It's important to know that the Earth's crust is a kind of puzzle ― albeit a dynamic one that consists of many individual pieces: A few gigantic oceanic plates and several small continental crustal plates. The science is not conclusive on exactly how many.
7 February 2023
Death toll passes 6,200
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 6,200 people
7 February 2023
Syria says quake aid will reach all its people
War-torn Syria has said that aid sent after the earthquake will reach all its population, even though Damascus does not control all of its territory.
7 February 2023
20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates
Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP..The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmate
7 February 2023
Turkey earthquake: Bangladeshi student reported 'missing'
A Bangladeshi student remained missing in Kahramanmaraş province of Turkey following the devastating earthquake yesterday.
6 February 2023
Turkey-Syria quake kills 3,000
A powerful earthquake killed more than 3,000 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria yesterday, with freezing winter weather hampering efforts to find survivors and adding to the plight of thousands left injured or homeless.
6 February 2023
Hell was breaking loose: Bangladeshi student
Faysal Mahmud, a final-year comparative theology student at Gaziantep University, was dozing off in his dormitory room when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.
6 February 2023
Hell was breaking loose
Faysal Mahmud, a final-year comparative theology student at Gaziantep University, was dozing off in his dormitory room when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.
6 February 2023
PM Hasina expresses shock over quake in Turkey, Syria
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock at the casualties of people in a earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed over 2,300 people.
6 February 2023
Earthquake in Turkey, Syria: President Hamid offers all possible assistance
President Abdul Hamid today expressed shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and damage of properties in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria...In a condolence message, the president prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved famili
6 February 2023
Turkey quake tremors felt as far away as Greenland
Tremors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Turkey and neighbouring Syria on Monday were felt as far away as Greenland, the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said.
6 February 2023
Turkey earthquake: Dhaka in touch with Ankara mission
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka is in touch with the Embassy of Bangladesh in Ankara though it is "less likely" that any Bangladesh citizen would be affected due to the earthquake considering its location, said a spokesperson today.
6 February 2023
New 7.5-magnitude quake hits Turkey
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey Monday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, hours after an earlier quake killed more than 1,200 people in the region.
6 February 2023
Quake death toll in Turkey soars to 912: Erdogan
At least 912 people died in Turkey from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck early Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, sharply revising up earlier figures.
6 February 2023
Turkey quake: International support and offers of aid
Governments and international organisations have responded with offers of support after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria. Hundreds of people have been killed.
6 February 2023
Istanbul, other cities dispatch search and rescue teams
After a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's Kahramanmaraş area, search and rescue teams from major cities all over Turkey flocked there to provide much-needed assistance to those still trapped beneath the rubble.
6 February 2023
1,718 buildings collapsed in Turkey
The total number of collapsed buildings in Turkey due to the earthquake stands at 1,718, reports Al Jazeera quoting Vice President Fuat Otkay.
6 February 2023
Hatay Airport runway splits in half; flights halted
A runway at Turkey's Hatay Airport split in half after a major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria today.
6 February 2023