Thousands still in shelters despite floods subsiding
Over 17,000 people remained in flood shelters, with hundreds of thousands stranded in villages in the north and north-eastern districts on Tuesday, despite subsiding floods...
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UK to provide 拢30,000 to flood-affected people in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom is providing 拢30,000 or Tk聽4.5 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to support flood-affected communities in Sylhet, where over three million people have been impacted and 260,000 are displaced...
Heatwave bakes flooded north
The north witnessed its major rivers substantially recede on Monday leading to an improvement in the ongoing flood condition amidst the onset of a mild heatwave...
Flood response programmes mustn鈥檛 leave livestocks out
THE ongoing flood in the north and north-east shows that the government鈥檚 flood response largely leaves out livestock. The livestock department says that more than 5,500 cattle and 34,500 poultry birds died in two-to-four weeks in the flood-stricken areas while many more are feared to die for an acute shortage of feed and fodder...
Overall flood situation in northeastern region may improve: FFWC
The overall flood situation in different low-lying areas of northeastern region of the country may improve in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Sunday, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre...
Flood threatens protein supply
The ongoing flooding is set to have a long-lasting impact on protein supply from the north and north-eastern regions, the heartland of livestock production in Bangladesh...
Flood situation may improve in northeastern region: FFWC
The overall flood situation in different low-lying areas of northeastern region of the country may improve in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Sunday, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre...
Fresh areas flooded
The overall flood situation remained unchanged in worst-affected areas in the north while fresh areas in the north-east and central Bangladesh got swamped on Saturday as...
Fresh areas submerged in Sunamganj
Heavy rainfall and water from the upstream have once again inundated fresh areas in Sunamganj, Bangladesh....
Low-lying areas in Faridpur inundated as Padma swells
The low-lying areas of nine unions of four upazilas in Faridpur have been inundated due to the swelling of the River Padma, causing woes to local people...
Another wave of flash flood hits north-east
A fresh wave of flash flood swept Sunamganj between Thursday and Friday, briefly inundating low-lying areas in the district, which, along with other districts in...
Over 1 lakh people marooned in Sunamganj鈥檚 third wave of flood
The third wave of floods this monsoon have left over one lakh people stranded in their homes in Sunamganj, officials and relief workers said on Friday...
Teesta, Dharla basins flooding likely to worsen
The flood situation in parts of the north might deteriorate today with forecasts of the Teesta and Dharla briefly flowing near their danger marks...
Govt must offer bailout funds for farmers to save agriculture
THE loss of three crops, as well as a probable loss of the fourth one, in a row, especially in the flooded north and north-east, has already dealt a blow to the farmers. The farmers who have repeatedly lost their investments in rice farming to flooding that has left them impoverished and deep...
Farmers in north undone by chain of disasters
Thousands of farmers in the north have lost three crops in a row in back-to-back disasters since March with the ongoing flood, which has lasted for over three weeks in...
6 rhinos drown in Assam flood
Devastating floods in India鈥檚 northeast that have killed scores of people also swamped a national park drowning six threatened rhinos and other wildlife, government...
Low food supply for flood victims makes a mess of relief effort
THE immediate issues that the authorities need to seriously attend to in the event of flooding are the rescue of people left dangerously marooned and the supply of food for the affected. The government appears to have failed on both the fronts. While a large number of people were waiting to be rescued even from submerged...
Inadequate relief leaves flood victims starving
Hundreds of people in the flood-stricken north passed yet another busy day on Monday as they rushed between places, mainly in their boats, searching for...
Monsoon storms batter India with floods, lightning kills 10
Intense monsoon storms battered India on Monday, flooding parts of the financial capital Mumbai, while lightning in the eastern state of Bihar killed at least...
Floodwater rushes to upazila towns
After ravaging villages for about a week floodwater now surged towards upazila towns sweeping away embankments built to protect them in some of the flood affected...
Floods, landslides kill 14 in Nepal
Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said on Sunday....
10 more killed, scores homeless as flood reaches central regions
A surge in the onrush of water from the upstream in India on Saturday freshly inundated dozens of villages in the north, leaving scores of families homeless and...
Flooding warrants adequate help for people in distress
FLOODING, especially in the north and north-east, is turning bad with a rapid increase in river heights, leaving thousands marooned, waiting to be rescued to flood shelters. In some places, people are waiting to be rescued even from flood shelters to places that are safe as the shelters rapidly went under water, as high as the height of fully grown humans...
1.5 lakh people marooned in Kurigram as flood situation worsens
The flood situation in Kurigram district has worsened, with rising water levels in all major rivers leaving 1.5 lakh people stranded...
Thousands await rescue as flood in north intensifies
The overall flood situation remained grim in the north, with thousands of people waiting to be rescued as flood water engulfed even shelters amidst the unabated...
Worsening flood force thousands to live in boats in north
The flood situation in the north and north-east further worsened on Thursday with forecasts of fresh areas particularly along the Brahmaputra basin getting inundated over the...
50,000 people marooned in Kurigram as flood situation worsens
Flood situation deteriorated in Kurigram due to swelling of the Brahmaputra and the Dharla rivers amid incessant rainfall and onrush of upstream water, rendering 50,000 people marooned...
Many HSC candidates risk missing exams in flood zones
Many candidates of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations in the flood affected areas are at risk of missing the examination today (Thursday)...
More rivers across Bangladesh swell to worsen flood
Torrential rain worsened the flood situation in the northern, north-eastern, and south-eastern regions, affecting over 18 lakh people and rendering 25,000 people temporarily homeless...
US gives $350,000 in humanitarian aid for flood-hit people in Bangladesh
The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development, is providing $350,000 in humanitarian assistance to help communities in the Sylhet and Sunamganj districts recover from deadly monsoon flooding in June....