Woman killed in landslide

A woman was killed and her daughter was seriously injured in a rain-induced landslide in remote Ghundhum area of Bandarban yesterday night.

The dead was identified as Chemna Katun, 50, from Ghundhum in Naikkhangchhari upazila.

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Her daughter Amena Begum, 22, was seriously wounded after large chunks of earth fell on their house on a hill slope, Touhid Kabir, officer-in-charge of Naikkhangchhari Police Station told The Daily Star.

At least five houses were badly damaged in landslides in Lama, Alikadam and Naikkhangchhari upazilas of the district.

Earlier on June 13, nine people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Bandarban.