The army and fire service had been conducting searches for victims alongside local volunteers after heavy rains triggered landslides in the remote hill district. Rangamati had the highest number of casualties at 110, according to the disaster management ministry control room in Dhaka. The fire service, army, police, district administration, Roads and Highways Division and Power Division launched the rescue operations in the five districts after the landslides started on Monday night. Global climate change and heavy rains caused those," he said. He said all the government and private bodies and organisations of local people volunteered in the rescue operations along with the fire service and army.

Source: bd News24 June 16, 2017 12:22 UTC