At least 14 people were killed when a speeding bus plunged into a ditch in south-western Bangladesh, reports said.

A bridge collapsed today under the weight of thousands of hungry cyclone victims stampeding toward a relief centre in south-western Bangladesh, and officials said at least one person died and 100 were injured.

The White House offered condolences today to victims of the deadly cyclone in Bangladesh and said the government had provided an initial $2.1m (€1.4m) in emergency aid.

Diarrhoea blamed on late monsoon floods has killed one child and stricken hundreds of others in south-western Bangladesh, relief officials said today.

At least 10 people were killed and 200 wounded after four bombs exploded within minutes today at a packed cinema and a crowded circus in a town in south-western Bangladesh.