Staff Reporter
Thousands of people are feared dead in different areas in the country, battered by the super cyclone SIDR that first hit the central part of Bangladesh at 5:30pm on Thursday and continued its devastation till it crossed the country’s area at 9:00am yesterday.
The government officials confirmed 740 dead while reporters from different parts of the country said the figure might be above 15000. Number of missing and injured people would be much higher. About 50,000 people, most of them fishermen, became stranded at different remote islands, including Dublar Char and Hiron Point, in the bay. [Read more]