48 killed in Bangladesh landslides

By IANS
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

DHAKA - At least 48 people were killed Tuesday and several others were missing in rain-triggered landslides in Bangladesh, officials said.

Heavy rains swept through Bangladesh’s two southeastern districts — Cox’s Bazaar and Bandarban — and triggered landslides, Xinhua reported.

“Rescuers in my district have so far recovered 44 bodies,” said a senior police official of Cox’s Bazaar district, about 391 km away from here.

At least 25-30 people including six army personnel of a military camp in the district remained missing, the report said.

In Bandarban district, four members including two children of a family were killed in landslide, an official said.

Landslides are frequent in Bangladesh’s hilly areas during the heavy monsoon that usually runs from June to September.

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