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Disastrous floods paralyse Bangladesh's Chittagong port
(Shipping Times)
September 15, 1998
[CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh]
Bangladesh's worst floods this century have crippled the country's largest port, further threatening an economy already struggling to cope with the impact of the disaster.
Officials say the calamity has hit exports badly and blocked imported emergency food aid needed to stave off famine in 55 of the flood-hit nation's 64 districts. ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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