Staff Reporter

US Navy emergency relief operations in Bangladesh’s cyclone-battered coastal districts were formerly ended yesterday after two weeks of operation.
However, USAID would continue post-cyclone rehabilitation efforts.
USS Kearsarge and USS Tarawa, anchored off the coast of the Bay of Bengal, have conducted the “Operation Sea Angel II” emergency relief operation in two phases since November 23.
Bangladesh Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed formally announced the ending of the US military emergency relief operations in the country’s cyclone affected districts on board the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa in the Bay of Bengal.

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