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20 dead, Tk 7482 crore loss due to Remal

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Published: 20:18, 23 June 2024

20 dead, Tk 7482 crore loss due to Remal

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State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohibbur Rahman on Sunday (23 June) said the amount of damage in the whole country due to cyclone Remal is around Tk 7,482 crore.

The Minister said this in Parliament while answering a tabled question from Awami League MP elected from Satkhira-4 SM Ataul Haque.

In response to the question of Another Awami League MP elected from Chattogram-1 Mahbub ur Rahman, the state minister said that the death toll in Remal was 20 while the number of affected people is 3 lakh 83 thousand 817 people.

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury in response to the question of AL MP Parveen Zaman from the reserved seat, said that in the last 15 years from 2009 till now (June 11, 2024) 11,14,312 women workers have gone to abroad for employment.

The state minister said that most of the women workers have gone to Saudi Arabia.

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