Quote of the Day
"Thank God the dike is safe now. There will be no threat to it unless there is heavy rain or an abrupt rise in river water."
Abdul Kashem,
Chief engineer of the Bangladesh Water Development Board speaking about the removal of the threat of flooding to the capital Dhaka
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