Bangladesh appeals for flood aid

Bangladesh's military-backed interim government on Monday appealed for aid from home and abroad to help millions displaced in severe flooding.

About nine million people were displaced or marooned as waters receded from the north and spread to central parts of the country, the ministry added.

"I am making an appeal to people from all walks of life, irrespective of class and profession, to come forward spontaneously to the aid of the flood-affected," Fakhruddin Ahmed said in a televised-address.

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