Flood situation continues to improve: FFWC
The flood situation in the lower areas of Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Feni, Cumilla and Chattogram districts continues to improve, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre...
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Relief efforts in Cumilla flood affected areas hampered by lack of boats
Though the overall flood situation in Cumilla remained stable, water levels in Burichang and Brahmanpara upazilas have increased following the collapse of the River Gumti embankment...
Students鈥� relief efforts continue for 3rd day
Students under the platform of Student Movement Against Discrimination have been collecting relief at Dhaka University Teacher-Student Centre for the third consecutive day...
Cultural activists collecting donations for flood relief
Cultural activists are collecting donations for flood relief to rescue the stranded victims and deliver essential supplies to the flood-affected people of the country...
Biman reduces ticket price amid flood
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited offered ticket re-dating and re-issue services free of charge, including ticket price reduction, amid the flood situation, said a press release on Saturday...
Chief adviser meets NGOs to deal with flood crisis jointly
The interim government chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday discussed with the representatives of the non-government organisations on formation of a mechanism for the NGOs to work in coordinated way with the government amid the ongoing flood crisis...
Shwapno distributes relief
Bangladesh's leading retail chain shop 'Shwapno' is working to distribute relief to the flood victims, said a press release...
RMG supply chain disrupted by flood
The country鈥檚 apparel makers on Saturday said that the recent flooding had disrupted the readymade garment sector supply chain by submerging the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and sought alternative routes for transportation of goods in time of any natural calamities...
Flood engulfs new areas
Tens of thousands of people moved to flood shelters on Saturday as the deadly flash flood, sweeping through Bangladesh鈥檚 north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern regions for the...
Islami Bank officials to donate 2 days鈥� salary for flood victims
The officials and employees of Islami Bank Bangladesh on Saturday decided to donate Tk聽5 crore, equivalent to their salary for two days, for the flood victims, according to a press release...
Exceptional humanity in flood crisis
RECORD high rainfall in southeastern districts and the neighbouring Indian state of Tripura has led to an unprecedented and severe flash flooding in Comilla, Feni and many other districts in the region. Rivers like the Gumti and Muhuri are flowing above danger level. So far, fifteen deaths have been reported, millions displaced and in distress, villages...
Oxfam seeks 鈧�3m to aid 170,000 flood victims in Bangladesh
Ongoing flash floods in Bangladesh, triggered by relentless heavy rainfall, overflowing rivers, and upstream water releases from India, have devastated 12 districts, leaving millions stranded and in desperate need of aid, according to Oxfam in Bangladesh....
Prime Bank pledges Tk 2 crore relief package for flood-affected areas
Prime Bank held an emergency board meeting on Saturday in response to the severe flood situation currently affecting various districts in Bangladesh...
18 die, 300,000 in emergency shelters due to floods in Bangladesh
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of Bangladesh, disaster officials said.
Prices of essential products shot up in flood-hit areas
Prices of essential products including dry food and drinking water have shot up in the flood-hit districts as traders increased their prices with rise in the demand of relief materials...
Flood situation deteriorates in Cumilla as new areas flooded
Flood situation in Cumilla district deteriorated further with the flooding of fresh areas in 24 hours till Saturday, leaving seven lakhs people stranded...
1235 mobile towers out of order in 10 flood-hit districts
A total of 1235 mobile towers out of 13,491 in 10 flood affected districts have remained out of order due to flood, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission...
Bands, singers perform for flood-affected people
Different band troupes and singers performed at a charity concert titled Jaruri Sangjog for the flood-affected people of the country held at the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture on the...
DU turns into massive relief collection camp to aid flood victims
The Teacher-Student Center of Dhaka University on Friday turned into a聽massive relief collection camp as thousands of people from all walk of life came here to donate necessary items for flood victims in the...
Bangladesh Army rescues 2,000 flood victims in Khagrachari
Members of the Bangladesh Army have rescued around 2,000 flood-affected people through day-long rescue operation in Khagrachari...
India didn鈥檛 notify in advance before opening sluice gates: Rizwana
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, criticized India on Friday for failing to notify Bangladesh before opening the gates of the Dumboor Hydroelectric Plant in Tripura....
Bangladesh Army donates one day鈥檚 salary to CA鈥檚 relief fund
Bangladesh Army has donated money, equivalent to one day鈥檚 salary of its all members, to Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief Fund aiming to help flood victims across the country...
Govt urges people to contribute to relief fund
The people, who are interested in standing beside the flood victims, have been urged to send money to 鈥楥hief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund鈥�.
Public Security Division forms disaster response coordination cell
In response to the ongoing floods in Bangladesh, the Public Security Division of home ministry has formed a 鈥楧isaster Management Assistance Coordination Cell鈥� to facilitate disaster response efforts.
Flash flood displaces 2 lakh, leaves million stranded
The onrush of water rising to 10 feet swept scores of villages in eastern, southeastern, and northeastern Bangladesh on Friday as deadly flash flooding continued for the fourth...
Embankments collapse, villages go underwater in Khulna
Several villages, fish enclosures and crop fields were inundated by heavy tides in Dakop and Paikgasa upazilas of Khulna after the river embankments collapsed.
Hundreds of villages flooded, six lakh people stranded in Lakshmipur
Around six lakh people have been stranded in Lakshmipur as hundreds of low-lying villages, including four municipal towns of the district have been affected by the unprecedented floods, disrupting daily life, said locals.
Rescue and relief operations remain pressing tasks
FLOODING in the east, north- and south-east that has so far affected about three million people in more than nine districts mostly in the greater Chattogram region warrants an early, serious attention. The flooding 鈥� which very heavy to extremely heavy rain that has continued in the affected areas and in the upstream Indian state of Tripura for about a week...
Adviser Nahid sees India鈥檚 鈥榥on-cooperation鈥� with Bangladesh
Referring to the worsening flood situation, Information and Broadcasting Affairs Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Thursday accused India of non-cooperation with Bangladesh and urged the neighboring country to come out from its what he says 鈥榓nti-people policy鈥� to protect the people from the two countries....
BR cancels journeys of 31 trains from Ctg, Sylhet due to flood
The Bangladesh Railway on Thursday cancelled journeys of 26 trains fully and that of five others partially from Chattogram and Sylhet for different destinations of Bangladesh, following the bending of rail tracks and washout of stones due to flood....