Bandarban landslide kills 4
Four people were killed and another was injured in a landslide in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila on Monday, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Shona Meher, Mohammad Abu, Jashim Uddin and Nurul Hakim while the injured was identified as Nurul Alam.
Jahangir Aziz Chowdhury, chairman of Ghumdum union parishad, said a chunk of mud collapsed on them around 11:00am when they were cutting a portion of a hill at Boroitoli Manjurpara in the upazila, leaving the four dead on the spot and one injured.
The injured was taken to Naikhongchhari upazila health complex.
Three firefighting units were working to recover the bodies.
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