landslides

Three die in landslides

Three people, including a couple, were killed in landslides in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban yesterday. In Cox’s Bazar, the couple were buried alive beneath the mud when a chunk of earth fell on their hut in Bamubeelchari village of Chakaria upazila around 1:30am.

Five children buried alive in Cox's Bazar landslides

Five children, including four siblings, were killed in landslides triggered by torrential rain in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

Living in fear of landslide

Rangamati residents have been overcome with anxiety as they anticipate another heavy shower bringing more tragedies.

Landslides in hills kill 11

It was written on the wall. Exactly a year ago, a series of massive landslides in the hills claimed at least 150 lives. Before the families could mourn their dead on its first anniversary, another tragedy struck Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati on Monday night, killing at least 11.

Landslides kill 12 in Rangamati, Cox’s Bazar

At least 12 people are killed in separate incidents of landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Rangamati and Cox’s Bazar, police say.

Landslides in Hills: Causes mostly man-made

Man-made causes contributed largely to the recent landslides in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and a political commitment is required to address those causes for averting disaster in the region, say experts.

Save hills, save lives

Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy

Protect people from landslides

Speakers at a seminar in the capital yesterday called for the protection of the environment in the country's hilly areas by taking up of long-term plans to tackle landslides.

Disaster warning falls on deaf ears

It is a glaring example of how ineffective measures by the local administration and people's carelessness can lead to loss of lives. Only five weeks ago, rain-induced landslides killed over 170 people in the hill districts, 120 of them in Rangamati alone. Such a high death toll should have been an eye-opener both for the administration as well as for those living precariously in the hill slopes. But yesterday's deaths of five people in a Sitakunda landslide are evidence that last month's warning fell on deaf ears.

July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019

Three die in landslides

Three people, including a couple, were killed in landslides in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban yesterday. In Cox’s Bazar, the couple were buried alive beneath the mud when a chunk of earth fell on their hut in Bamubeelchari village of Chakaria upazila around 1:30am.

July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018

Five children buried alive in Cox's Bazar landslides

Five children, including four siblings, were killed in landslides triggered by torrential rain in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

June 14, 2018
June 14, 2018

Living in fear of landslide

Rangamati residents have been overcome with anxiety as they anticipate another heavy shower bringing more tragedies.

June 13, 2018
June 13, 2018

Landslides in hills kill 11

It was written on the wall. Exactly a year ago, a series of massive landslides in the hills claimed at least 150 lives. Before the families could mourn their dead on its first anniversary, another tragedy struck Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati on Monday night, killing at least 11.

June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018

Landslides kill 12 in Rangamati, Cox’s Bazar

At least 12 people are killed in separate incidents of landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Rangamati and Cox’s Bazar, police say.

August 23, 2017
August 23, 2017

Landslides in Hills: Causes mostly man-made

Man-made causes contributed largely to the recent landslides in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and a political commitment is required to address those causes for averting disaster in the region, say experts.

August 5, 2017
August 5, 2017

Save hills, save lives

Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy

July 22, 2017
July 22, 2017

Disaster warning falls on deaf ears

It is a glaring example of how ineffective measures by the local administration and people's carelessness can lead to loss of lives. Only five weeks ago, rain-induced landslides killed over 170 people in the hill districts, 120 of them in Rangamati alone. Such a high death toll should have been an eye-opener both for the administration as well as for those living precariously in the hill slopes. But yesterday's deaths of five people in a Sitakunda landslide are evidence that last month's warning fell on deaf ears.

July 22, 2017
July 22, 2017

Protect people from landslides

Speakers at a seminar in the capital yesterday called for the protection of the environment in the country's hilly areas by taking up of long-term plans to tackle landslides.

July 7, 2017
July 7, 2017

Hills lost to housing

Uttaran cooperative housing society, with powerful people as its members, has flattened around 150 acres of hilly land and cut down thousands of trees in Kolatoli of Cox's Bazar town for its housing estate.