Monsoon floodwaters leave 11 dead, 500,000 stranded in Bangladesh

By Anis Ahmed, Dhaka FLOODS sweeping Bangladesh marooned 500,000 people, killing at least 11, but appeared to be subsiding yesterday, officials said.

"It appears that the flood pressure has somewhat eased over the last 24 hours with less water coming from across the border," said an official in the southern district of Noakhali.

Disaster management officials said about a quarter of the country, or 15 out of 64 administrative districts, especially those along the border with India, were under water.