Bangladesh government pledges to help cyclone victims

The Bangladesh government pledged today to feed more than two million people left destitute by Cyclone Sidr amid warnings the country faces acute food shortages after the storm ravaged crops.

The pledge comes as officials and relief agencies struggle to get desperately needed rice, drinking water and tents to remote villages wrecked by the November 15 storm, which killed more than 3,100 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.