Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Sunday said that the devastating floods in 86 upazilas of 12 districts caused an estimated loss of over Tk 1,590 crore in the fisheries and livestock sector...
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of Bangladesh, disaster officials said.
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.
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...
Several villages, fish enclosures and crop fields were inundated by heavy tides in Dakop and Paikgasa upazilas of Khulna after the river embankments collapsed.
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.
The flood situation has deteriorated in Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Feni, Cumilla and Chattogram in 24 hours till 6:00am on Thursday, according to Flood Forecasting and Warming Centre.
India on Thursday claimed the release of water from the dam on Gumti River, Tripura did not impact the flood situation in Bangladesh.
Monsoon downpours caused flash floods that killed 13 people in Himalayan foothills in India, officials said Friday, with helicopters rescuing hundreds stranded near a renowned Hindu shrine.
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...
Flash floods, mudslides and falling trees have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka as the island nation is battered by monsoon storms, the country's disaster centre said Sunday.
Landslides in southern China injured at least six people and trapped others, state media reported Sunday, as the region braced for severe floods 鈥榮een around once a century鈥�...