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Bangladesh: Startling Disaster Stats Of Three Decades

Written (বাংলা) byপান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha)
Translated (English) byRezwan
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Translation posted 24 August 2013 12 years ago

During 1980-2010 Bangladesh faced approximately 234 natural disasters. A shocking number of 191,836 people died in these calamities. PreventionWeb has the detailed statistics.

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Written (বাংলা) byপান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha)
Translated (English) byRezwan

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