Flash flood threat looms in Sylhet
Water levels of all major rivers in the Sylhet region have kept rising rapidly due to heavy rainfall for a few days, triggering fear of flash floods...
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Declining Padma water flow calls for early interventions
A GRADUAL decline in the water level of the River Padma, the eastern and main stream of the Ganges that flows southwest for 365 kilometres to its confluence with the River Meghna near the Bay of Bengal, in Bangladesh鈥檚 northwest is worrying. Researchers believe that the situation has resulted from intensified groundwater depletion in the High Barind Tract, which is known...
Unplanned roads, grabbing of canals, siltation behind water stagnation
Sufferings of flood-hit people deepened as water remained stagnant in many remote parts of Sylhet, although the overall flood situation continued improving in the north-eastern district on Friday with the water level further dropping in the major rivers...