Dhaka, Nov 16 : Over 425 people were feared dead and thousands others injured in Bangladesh, as the powerful cyclone Sidr lashed the country's south and south-western regions of the country last night.
"The hurricane crossed the coast at 3:00am early today (Friday) and was now lying over the southern and central parts of Bangladesh as a land depression this morning, " the Daily Star quoted a latest meteorological office bulletin, as saying.
The death toll can rise and the extent of the damage is still unclear, Nahid Sultana, an official from Bangladesh's Ministry of Relief and Disaster Management was quoted as saying by the BBC.
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