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Monday, August 31, 2009 DHAKA: Bangladesh has had its first swine flu-related death, a hospital spokesman said on Monday, after a 37-year-old woman died in the capital Dhaka.A woman had been admitted to the hospital just over two weeks ago and was diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus soon afterwards.'She had been in isolation for the past two days. She had been suffering from heart complications as well as other conditions,' he said.Bangladeshi health authorities have so far reported 199 swine flu cases since the virus was first detected in the impoverished nation of 144 million people on June 18.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009,DHAKA: Heavy monsoon rains have battered Bangladesh's capital, flooding streets and homes, stranding thousands and forcing businesses and schools to close. The national weather office says more than 13 inches (333millimeters) of rain have been recorded Tuesday in the overcrowded capital city of about 10 million people in the past 12 hours. Dhaka streets waist-deep in water has caused huge traffic snarls. The private television station reports that residents in the city's low-lying areas are stranded in their flooded homes. Trading on the Dhaka stock exchange has been delayed and schools in flooded areas are closed. Floods caused by monsoon rains are common in Bangladesh, a delta nation of 150 million people.