Cyclone Aila

Authorities blame donors' reluctance for Aila victims

Sat November 14, 2009 - 10:20pm BdST

The Disaster Management Bureau on Saturday lamented that the donors were not coming up to assist the government in repairing the embankments damaged in the cyclone Aila, which is still forcing around 2 lakh people to live on the embankments in the coastal districts. "Several months after the Aila, around 2 lakh people are homeless. They cannot return home, as water still enters their homes through damaged embankments.

People continue to suffer 5 months inside Aila

Fri November 6, 2009 - 11:04pm BdST

Living became a nightmare for people of Dacope, an upazila in southwestern Khulna, after May 25 when the region was battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila that ripped through the coastline into India. And it has not yet changed for the better for them, even five months inside the devastation. The people, who lost all they had to the cyclone, started living in makeshift shelters and on high land such as roads, living on the help dished out by government agencies and non-governmental organisations.

One lakh Aila-victims struggling for shelter in Satkhira

Tue August 18, 2009 - 2:01am BdST

Over one lakh of Aila victims are still struggling for shelters in Satkhira district after nearly three months of the cyclone. "More than one lakh people are still living in makeshift shelters in open fields, schools, embankments and cyclone centres here," a programme manager of Oxfam.

Cyclone Aila brings monsoon earlier than time

Thu May 28, 2009 - 2:01am BdST

Primary losses amount to taka 77.43 cr