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  "Sudden Attack" On Bangladesh Airbase, Locals Clash With Airmen, 1 Killed

  A man was killed and several others injured in a clash Monday between a group of local people and air force personnel at an airbase in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, officials said.

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  Deep Depression Over Bay Of Bengal Intensifies Into Cyclonic Storm 'Mocha'

  The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm -- Mocha -- overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning.

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  9 Dead, Blackouts In Coastal Areas In Bangladesh Hit By Cyclone Sitrang

  Cyclone Sitrang roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least 9 people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links,

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  Top Rohingya Leader In Bangladesh Shot Dead: Police

  Unidentified assailants on Wednesday shot dead a top Rohingya community leader in a refugee camp in the Bangladesh resort district of Cox's Bazar, officials said.

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  15 Dead, 400 Missing In Rohingya Camp Blaze In Bangladesh: UN

  Fifteen people have so far been confirmed dead and 400 are still missing in the huge blaze at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, the United Nations said Tuesday.

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  9 dead As Red Cross Aid Truck For Rohingya Crashes In Bangladesh

  A Red Cross truck carrying aid for Rohingya Muslim refugees crashed in Bangladesh Today killing at least nine people, police said.

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  Shakib Al Hasan And Wife Narrowly Escape Helicopter Crash

  Shakib Al Hasan and his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir were travelling in a helicopter to Cox's Bazar, which crashed after dropping them

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  Cyclone Komen Makes Landfall in Bangladesh. Bengal, Odisha Brace For Impact

  The Cyclone Komen has lost impact after making landfall in coastal Bangladesh this evening. While it has triggered heavy rains in West Bengal and Odisha, the meteorological office said the wind speed has dropped and there is no reason to panic.

• Petronet Shortlisted for Bangla LNG Terminal: Report

  Bangladesh is looking at setting up a 3.5 million tons a year LNG import facility at Matar Bari in Moheshkhali Island of Cox's Bazar district or Anwara, Chittagong. The terminal, which is to be set up on the build-own-operate basis, will supply gas to power plants.

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  Bangladesh Cricket Board concerned after slow progress at World T20 venues

  Work on the facilities at the stadium in Sylhet - that was built last year - is not complete, while construction work at the brand new stadium in Cox's Bazar is also still underway.

• After Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh begins cleaning up trail of wreckage

  Bangladesh began cleaning up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes along its coast while breathing a sigh of relief that the damage was not much worse.

• Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh, 45 people killed

  Cyclone Mahasen weakened by Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely, meteorological officials said.

• Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh

  Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely.

• Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight

  With cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight, the state may witness heavy rains and a gale of 50-60 km per hour, the met office said.

• Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears

  Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding.