Bandarban, July 9 -- Five members of two families including a four-year-old child were killed after landslides triggered by heavy rainfall buried their homes in Lama upazila of Bandarban district early Thursday.

The victims were asleep when chunks of mud collapsed onto their houses in remote Mission Para area of Aziznagar Union around 4 am, said Aziznagar Union acting chairman Mobarak Hossain.

The deceased were Md. Yunus, 28, his wife Ranu Akter,22, their four-year-old son Md. Soleman, Md. Jewel ,27 and his wife Kulsuma Akter ,23.

Mobarak Hossain said police, fire service personnel, and local residents conducted rescue operations but all five victims had already died before they could be recovered.

Lama Police Station Officer-in-Charg...