Army deployed after landslides triggered by heavy rains claim 6 lives in SE Bangladesh

STORY: Army deployed after landslides triggered by heavy rains claim 6 lives in SE Bangladesh DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:45 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY/OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cox's Bazar district 2. various of the broken roads 3. various of trucks running at risk 4. various of Cox's Bazar district 4. various of Bangladeshi soldiers working to remove mud and debris 5. various of local officers distributing food STORYLINE: Bangladeshi soldiers were deployed on Tuesday to the country's Chattogram region, some 240 km southeast of the capital Dhaka, to tackle its worsening situation of torrential rains. Three incidents of landslides claimed at least six lives in Chattogram's Cox's Bazar district on Monday, which is now home to nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees who are living on the slopes of the hills. Bangladesh's Refugee, Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammad Mizanur Rahman told Xinhua that "four Rohingyas were killed, and two others were injured in two separat

A visit to Bangladesh's solar fish farm

STORY: A visit to Bangladesh's solar fish farm DATELINE: June 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:35 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of floating solar panels 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD MIZANUR RAHMAN, Engineer, Joules Power Limited 3. various of floating solar panels 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): ABDUL MOMIN, Administrative officer, Nawab Group 5. various of a technician monitoring the output of a floating solar panel 6. various of floating solar panels STORYLINE: A solar fish farm in Chapainawabganj district, some 302 km northwest of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, has been connected to the national grid. The Joules Nawab Floating Solar Plant is a combination of fish farming and solar power generation. It consists of numerous solar panels mounted on specially designed floating platforms in a human-made pond with an area of 22,000 square meters. It uses floaters from Chinese renewable energy company Sungrow, solar panels from China's JA Solar, and inverters from German SMA Solar Technology. Md Miza