Floodwater kills two people in Sunamganj, Habiganj
Two people, including an adolescent boy, died in two separate flood-related incidents in Sunamganj and Habiganj on Friday.
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Sylhet braces for 3rd bout of flood soon: BWDB
The north-eastern Sylhet division is going to grapple with yet another spell of flash flood within the next two days soon after partial receding of the second phase...
Diseases break out in Sylhet region amid flood
Nearly two million flood-stricken people remained stranded in Sylhet region till Thursday despite the water levels of major rivers dropped accelerating sufferings to the victims due to...
In need of urgent action
THE north-eastern region of Bangladesh is currently reeling under the relentless onslaught of a torrential flood, plunging communities into profound suffering and uncertainty. As the floodwaters inundate villages and disrupt lives, fears loom large that these catastrophic events may only intensify in the years to come, echoing the devastating scenes witnessed in 2022...
Northeast flood feared to worsen
With about two million people still stranded in flood water in four northeastern districts, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department declared on Monday that yet another spell of...
4 dead as rains pummel China
Mountain floods in central China have killed four people and left one other missing, state media reported on Monday, with torrential downpours expected to...
Flood worsens in villages聽of bordering north-east
The flood situation in parts of remote north-eastern region deteriorated on Sunday as onrush of water from the upstream in India continued following...
Flash flood affects 50 lakh people in 10 dists
The ongoing flash flood that swept vast swathes of northern and north-eastern regions for the ninth day running on Saturday affected more than 50 lakh people...
Fresh areas flooded in Sylhet
The flood situation remained nearly unchanged in the north-eastern Sylhet region marooning over 25 lakh people, while around 35,000 families in five districts of...
Floods in north-east region affect 7,72,000 children
More than 20,00,000 people, including over 7,72,000 children, have been affected by flash floods in north-east region of Bangladesh.聽
Flood water starts receding in Sylhet
After being battered by heavy rains and hill torrents for the past few days, water levels in several rivers in Sylhet have started to recede, improving the flood situation in different areas...
Flood affects over 1,000聽edn instts
The ongoing floods in Sylhet division affected over 1,000 educational institutes across Sylhet, Sunamganj, and Moulvibazar districts.
2.5m people stranded in Sylhet, 55,000 rush to flood shelters
More than 25 lakh people in Sylhet division remained marooned still on Thursday as the flood situation worsened inundating new areas in four districts of the...
Two lakh people marooned in Moulvibazar
Six of the seven upazilas in Moulvibazar have been inundated due to the incessant rains and onrush of water from upstream, leaving nearly two lakh people stranded...
1.5m marooned in Sylhet, Sunamganj
Nearly one-and-half million people were marooned in three days as fresh flood struck Sylhet and surrounding districts due to a heavy downpour and continuous onrush of...
Heavy rainfall triggers flashflood in Teknaf
Around 50,000 people have been stranded in Teknaf upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar as flashflood triggered by heavy downpour inundated low-lying areas of four unions of the upazila...
Seven lakh people stranded in Sylhet amid continuous heavy rainfall
Continuous heavy rainfall over the past three days has worsened the flood situation in Sylhet for the second time in just 20 days. Nearly seven lakh people in the Sylhet metropolitan area and throughout the district are now stranded...
Floods return to Sylhet as rivers surge above danger marks
Sylhet faces another severe flood crisis as relentless rainfall and upstream surges have caused rivers to rise rapidly, submerging large areas. Over the past two days, six points across three rivers in Sylhet have exceeded danger levels, affecting communities in Companiganj and Gowainghat upazilas...
Eid festivities dampened in Sunamganj due to flood
Heavy rainfall and swelling hill torrents have caused the Surma River to overflow, leading to widespread flooding on Eid-ul-Azha day in Sunamganj municipality.....
Many villages in north-east, north flooded amid rainfall
Scores of villages in low lying areas in the northern and north-eastern districts were flooded on Saturday as onrush of water from upstream regions...
Major rivers in northeast Bangladesh rising
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has reported that all major rivers in the northeastern region of the country are experiencing a rising trend, which is expected to continue over the next 24 hours starting from 9:00am on Saturday...
Flash flood fear forces families to run for shelter聽
While the rest of the country turns on vacation mode, heading home to celebrate Eid with at least three days of leave, dozens of families in remote northeastern Bangladesh left...
Six killed in Sikkim floods, landslides
Six people were killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in a remote corner of India鈥檚 northeast, officials said on Friday...
Toddler killed as Sylhet flooded again
A toddler was washed away by a strong current of rainwater as parts of Sylhet city went under water for the third time within a week on Thursday, leaving its...
2.5 lakh people still marooned in Sylhet, fresh areas flooded
The flood-stricken people of Sylhet are unlikely to get relief soon from sufferings as fresh areas of Balaganj upazila of the district were submerged early Tuesday due to heavy rainfall and continuous onrush of water from the upstream...
Sylhet goes under water again
More than half a million people remained marooned in Sylhet until Sunday, 12 days after the north-eastern region were hit by a flash flood induced by the rain triggered by cyclonic storm Remal...
Prolonged flood in Sylhet worsens livelihood, food, water crises
At least 540 people could not leave flood shelters in Zakiganj till Saturday afternoon as floodwater receded slowly in parts of Sylhet district.
Sylhet flood-hit people may suffer longer
Sufferings of the flood-hit people in the country鈥檚 north-east Sylhet region are likely to persist for a few more days as the water is receding at a snail鈥檚 pace in the affected areas...
North-east flood may worsen over weekend
The flood situation in the north-east is set to worsen over the weekend with the ongoing wet spell picking up with heavy to very heavy rainfall continuing inside the country and increasing in its upstream in parts of north-eastern India...
100 more Sylhet unions inundated
The flash flood situation in the north-eastern Sylhet district worsened as flood water entered at least 100 new unions on Tuesday, affecting 1,25,568 more...
