The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Bagerhat

Some 72 students were killed and several hundred others injured in the district in the cyclone Sidr that lashed the south and southwestern region of the country on November 15.

Besides, some 841 educational institutions, including 452 primary schools and 389 high schools, madrassahs and colleges of nine upazilas here were also totally or partially damaged by the violent storm, causing a loss of Tk 11.71 crore, officials said.

District Primary Education Officer Pran Gobinda Nandi told UNB that the storm killed 72 primary school students. A teacher of Sharankhola Southkhali Bablatola Primary School Abdul Khaleque Fakir also died in the wall collapse of his school.

The final examinations of the primary schools in Sharankhola and Morelganj upazilas have been postponed following the storm. Examinations of those schools will be held in January 2008. According to the official statistics, some 814 people, including the 72 students, were killed in the district by the cyclone.