Rescuers looking for a missing mother- daughter duo after the landslide at Lemujiri Aga area in Bandarban on June 13, 2017.
© StarRescuers looking for a missing mother- daughter duo after the landslide at Lemujiri Aga area in Bandarban on June 13, 2017.
At least 101 people have been killed in landslide in the hilly districts, after yesterday's daylong rain caused by a depression in the Bay.

Sixty-eight people were killed in Rangamati while 26 in Chittagong and seven in Bandarban, our local correspondents report. Many among them were women and children.

Besides, four members of Bangladesh Army including two of its officers were killed in landslide in Rangamati, said Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR). Ten army men were also injured in the incident while another remained missing, it said.

In Chittagong, at least 22 deaths were reported from three separate places in Rangunia upazila, our local correspondent reports quoting Md Tawhidul Islam, executive magistrate of the district's administration, and local union parishad chairmen.

Of the victims, eight people of two families were killed in Rajanagar union while 14 were killed in Islampur union, said Shamsul Alam Talukdar and Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury Milton, chairmen of UPs respectively.



Four more died in Chandnaish upazila, said Mafiz Uddin, assistant superintendent (Anwara circle) of police in the district, told The Daily Star. Police were yet to reach the remote location.

Keucha Kheya Khiyang, 10, Memau Khiyang, 13, Mekhang Khiyang, 50, and Mahiya, 3, of Dhopachhari area in the upazila, are among the deceased.

The upazila's road communication has been cut off by flooding, the UNO said.

Meanwhile, five people died in separate incidents in Rangunia and Chandnaish upazilas of Chittagong. Of them, two drowned, one died by lightning, one in wall collapse and another died after being electrocuted, Executive Magistrate Tawhidul said.

In Rangamati, 68 people, including four army men, were killed in separate incidents of landslide in Sadar, Kawkhali, Kaptai, Bilaichhari and Jurachhari upazilas, Deputy Commissioner Manjarul Mannan told our local correspondent.

Of them, 27 were killed in different areas including Manikchari, Bedbedi and Reserve Bazar areas of Sadar upazila. According to Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), four army men including two officers were killed and 10 others injured in a landslide in Manikchari.

Besides, 21 peopole were killed in Kawkhali while 15 in Kaptai, three in Bilaichhari and two in Jurachhari upazilas.

Identity of all the deceased could not be ascertained. Ruma Akhter, 25, her child Nuri Akhter, 3, Hazera Begum, 33, Sonali Chakma, her son Amiyo Chakma, 33, Mintu Tripura, Liton Mallik, his wife Chumki Mallik, and son Aiyush were among those deceased in Rangamati Sadar upazila.

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In Bandarban, seven people were killed in Lemujuri and Kalaghata areas, said Tarikul Islam, station master of Bandarban Fire Service and Civil Defence. Two were still missing.

The deceased were: three siblings Setu Barua, 10, Hridoy Barua, 7, and Lata Barua, 2, and Moka Khiyang, 55, his two grandchildren Mamra Ukhiyang, 13, and Keosa Khiyang, 9, and Reba Tripura, 22.

Until last reported, two others - Kamarunnesa Begum, 45, and her daughter Sukhiya Begum, 12 - were still missing. Fire fighters were carrying out rescue operation amid rain.

Yesterday's depression in the Bay of Bengal influenced the weather all over the country and brought about incessant rainfall all day long. It inundated different areas in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.

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