Bangladesh, July 11 -- The government has rolled out a 10-point response plan to tackle the worsening flood and landslide situation in the Chattogram region, opening more than a thousand shelter centres, releasing relief assistance and deploying rescue teams to affected areas after days of relentless rainfall.
Prime Minister's Adviser Mahdi Amin, in a statement posted on his verified Facebook profile on Friday, said the Chattogram region had been struck by a sudden natural disaster that had created a deeply concerning humanitarian situation.
"In this critical situation, the Prime Minister has taken various humanitarian and effective measures with utmost promptness to bring the situation under control and stand beside the affected people,"...