Bangladesh relief team leaves for Sri Lanka
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The government has sent a team of Bangladesh Armed Forces Division to Sri Lanka with a view to giving humanitarian support to the flood and landslide affected people in that island country. The 19-member support team left Dhaka by a C-130 transport aircraft along with nine tonnes of relief support including water purification sets, medicine, tents and electricity generators, said a press release of ISPR yesterday, reports UNB. High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh Yasoja Gunasekera was present when the aircraft departed and she expressed her gratitude and thanks to Bangladesh government for this emergency support. Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman and other Senior Officers of Bangladesh Armed Forces were also present at the venue. According UK-based newspaper The Guardian, at least 37 people were reportedly killed due to incessant rainfall and landslide in the central hilly region of Sri Lanka till mid-May. In consultation with the Sri Lankan government and considering the priority of requirement of relief items, more relief support consignment would be sent shortly to Sri Lanka by C-130 transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Navy Ship Bangabandhu.
