Monday, September 21, 2009 DHAKA: The Met Office recorded 39mm of rainfall in Dhaka between 8am and midday Monday, as thousands braved thunderstorms to attend Eid-ul-Fitr congregations. Met official Md Abdul Mannan said that parts of the country were experiencing rainfall as a monsoon front blew in overnight from the northern Bay of Bengal. Dhaka, and surrounding districts, along with the northern region, saw the worst of the thunder and showers from morning. The rain is likely to recede over Dhaka and the north in the afternoon, Mannan said. But, he said, the western region will experience downpours later as the monsoon was moving in a westerly direction.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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