At least 41 killed in cyclonic storm in Bangladesh

Tabibur Rahman, chief of the control room in southwestern Satkhira district, told Xinhua over phone on Tuesday that they were informed that around 20 people were killed in the district on Monday due to the cyclonic storm. The total death toll of the cyclone might be higher as more coastal districts were affected, but the casualties are not available yet. However, spokesman of Bangladesh's Food and Disaster Management Ministry Golam Kibria said on Tuesday morning that the official death toll stood at 10 while 2 others were missing. The cyclonic storm "Aila" formed in Bay of Bengal caused havoc in Bangladesh's coastal region on Monday leaving deaths and destructions and hundreds of thousands of people affected; Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version