Cyclone Sitrang takes 5 lives in Bangladesh, fire service opens monitoring cell

As cyclone Sitrang battered parts of Bangladesh on Monday, at least five people lost their lives, including three members of a family, in the collapse of a brick railing and trees, media reports said. The remnant of the cyclonic storm "Sitrang" which created a deep depression over Bangladesh has further weakened into a depression over northeast Bangladesh, north-northeast of Agartala and south-southwest of Shillong, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.