Cyclone Remal death toll rises to 11, over 1.50 lakh homes destroyed
Apart from this, a student died after a portion of a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on the roof of a tin-shed school while a class was running, in Cumilla.
In Bhola: Three people, including a woman and a child, died during heavy rains influenced by the cyclone.
According to the local administration, Maneja Khatun, 50 died after a tin-shed house collapsed on her at Char Umed union of Lalmohan upazila of the district on Monday morning.
The victims were hotel owner Lokman Hossain and his employee Mokchedur Rahman. The injured named Shakib was admitted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
Meanwhile, another victim Jalal Sikdar, 55, son of Asmat Ali Sikdar of Char Darial village of Bakerganj upazila of the district, died when tree branch fell on him while he was going to the local bazaar.
In Patuakhali: A young man died after being swept away by strong current due to Cyclone Remal while he was trying to rescue his sister and aunt in Kauarchar area under Lota Chapli union of Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali on Sunday afternoon.
The dead Shahid, 27, son of Abdur Rahim, was a resident of Anantapara village under the upazila.
Khulna Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Nazmul Hussain Khan said that after staying at the shelter on Sunday night, Lal Chand Moral returned to his home in Batiaghata in the morning and died after being crushed by a tree.
In Chattogram: A young man died after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on him in the Textile Residential area adjacent to Bayazid Bastami area in Chattogram city around 8am on Monday.
Kamruzzaman, senior officer of the Bayezid Fire Service Station, said Saiful Islam Rhidoy, 26, was killed as a portion of a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on him in the morning after heavy rain in the port city.
In Satkhira: Shawkat Moral, 65, son of Late Narim Moral, a resident of Napitkhali village under Gabura union of Shamnagar upazila, died of stroke while he was going to a shelter centre at Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira district on Sunday night during a storm caused by cyclone ‘Remal’.
Md Ashiqur Rahma, head teacher of the school, said that a portion of a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on the roof of the tin-shed school while a class was running, leaving Saiful Islam Sagor, son of Ali Ahmed of the area critically injured.
The student was immediately rushed to the Cumilla Sadar Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead, the teacher added.
