A POWERFUL cyclone packing 240kmh winds slammed into Bangladesh last night, flattening homes, toppling trees and power poles, and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee for shelters in this low-lying nation.

A cyclone slammed into Bangladesh tonight, tearing down houses, toppling trees and power poles, and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee.

A trawler with more than 100 people aboard sank in stormy weather in Bangladesh today, leaving at least 30 missing, a police officer said.

Lotto syndicates all over the country watched in amazement yesterday as a High Court judge ruled in favour of a man who claimed a one-fifth share of a €2m Lotto prize — despite the man having failed to pay any money towards the lotto tickets for nine months.

BANGLADESH navy divers used metal detectors yesterday in a vain effort to locate a ferry sucked into a whirlpool two days ago, killing hundreds of people on board.

Around 600 people were missing feared dead today after a ferry packed with at least 750 passengers capsized in a rain-swollen river in southern Bangladesh, rescue officials said.

Around one hundred ferry passengers are feared drowned in Bangladesh.