Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains over the weekend claimed two lives and washed away hundreds of flimsy huts, leaving nearly 2,000 people homeless in northern Bangladesh.

Authorities deployed army troops to build temporary shelters for thousands left homeless by two tornadoes that tore through northern Bangladesh, as the death toll rose to 39, officials said today.

Two tornadoes tore through northern Bangladesh, killing at least 28 people, injuring nearly 900 and leaving thousands homeless, officials and news reports said today.

Flooding caused by a week of monsoon rains left 20 people dead, forced tens of thousands of villagers from their homes and damaged crops and roads across Bangladesh, relief officials said today.

At least five people have been killed in tropical storms which battered parts of northern Bangladesh, flattening thousands of houses.