Bangladesh to send emergency aid, rescue team to earthquake-hit Myanmar tomorrow: ISPR
A rescue team from the Bangladesh Armed Forces will depart for Myanmar on a special flight tomorrow
In response to the devastation caused by a recent earthquake in Myanmar, which killed more than 1,600 people, the Bangladesh Armed Forces will provide emergency medicine, relief supplies, rescue operations, and medical aid to the country.
According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), as part of this initiative, a rescue team from the Bangladesh Armed Forces will depart for Myanmar on a special flight tomorrow (30 March).
More than 1,600 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that was also felt in neighbouring countries, reports BBC.
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Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and highways amid a civil war that has wrecked the economy and displaced millions.
In neighbouring Thailand, where the quake rattled buildings and brought down a skyscraper under construction in the capital Bangkok, at least nine people were killed.
