Bangladesh mourns Myanmar, China victims
Bangladesh on kept its national flag half mast across the country to mourn the loss of lives in neighbouring natural calamities-struck Myanmar and China, an official statement said.
"The government has taken the decision to pay respect to the people who died in the recent cyclone and earthquake in Myanmar and China respectively," an official press release said on Tuesday.
The official death toll in Mynamar struck by Cyclone Nargis on May 3 stands at 78,000, while 40,000 have been reported dead so far in the May 12 earthquake in China.
Bangladesh had earlier sent relief material and life saving drugs to Myanmar and proposed to send army medical teams to China.
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