Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rain or thundershowers in parts of the country including Dhaka in 24 hours from 9am today.

The island is still without power as electric cables and utility poles were damage

A large number of Rohingyas were killed in Myanmar when Cyclone Mocha struck at the weekend, residents, a relief group and a media outlet said yesterday

Dhaka's air has been ranked the third most polluted in the world this morning

The United Nations yesterday called for urgent aid and support after Cyclone Mocha damaged Rohingya camps..Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc on over a million Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi locals in three districts.

Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited, BAPEX, has successfully extracted gas from a well named Ilisha-1 for the third time.

Some 243 telecom towers, also known as BTS (base transceiver station) towers, out of a total 974 in the district, remain inoperative in Cox's Bazar as of Monday evening - more than 24 hours after Cyclone Mocha made landfall along the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast.

About 2,000 homes were destroyed while over 10,000 houses were partially damaged during tropical cyclone Mocha in the Saint Martin's island and Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman today

Dhaka has alone been experiencing more than 600 MW of load shedding during daytime when demand for electricity remains relatively low than nighttime

Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh

As the effects of Cyclone Mocha have passed, regular flights are starting at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport from this morning

It’s a sigh of relief for Bangladesh.

Thousands of people hunkered down yesterday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha moved north-northeastwards and crossed fully over the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast around 6:00pm this evening, weakening into a deep land depression near Sittwe in the neighbouring country

A total 2,826 shanties were damaged in Rohingya camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar due to the impact of Cyclone Mocha, according to a report prepared by the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC)

People in St Martin’s Island are slowly returning to their homes leaving cyclone centres after Cyclone Mocha crossed the island causing less damage than feared

Nearly 13,000 houses in 57 unions and three municipality areas in Cox's Bazar were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha today.

The Chattogram port authorities today said they may resume port operations from tomorrow as no damage was reported in the port area following the landfall of cyclone Mocha..“We hope that the port operations will be resumed from tomorrow morning,” said Chattogram Port Secretary Omar Faruk.<

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the current power outages will reduce across the country in 2 days.

The whole system of Cyclone Mocha, which hit Bangladesh-Myanmar coast at 3:00pm, is likely to cross the coast by evening, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its latest bulletin.