They also urged all to help the marooned rehabilitate.

Floodwater started receding from the north and northeastern regions of the country while epidemics like diarrhoea and cholera broke out.

They observed that flood affected people are in desperate need of relief. But the latest reports indicate that the relief operations are plagued by anomalies and corruption, apart from shortage of the materials that the marooned people need to survive.

After floodwater recedes, government should take special measures so that farmers can cultivate their seed lands, they urged the government.

Teachers of Dhaka University have decided to donate their one day's salary for the relief, a press release said.

DU Teachers' Association (Duta) in an urgent general meeting on Sunday urged all to participate in relief works at flood affected areas.

It requested the students of DU to take up initiatives to prevent post-flood epidemic through preparing oral saline and collecting medicines and water purifying tablets.

Duta General Secretary Prof Anwar Hossain said the government is barring different organisations from collecting relief materials using banners on the university campus and other places.

If such situation continues, different organisations, which collect relief and distribute in every flood and other calamities, will be disheartened and subsequently that will have massive negative impact on the affected.

He urged the government to lift all kinds of restrictions on collecting and distributing relief goods.

Among other organisations, Labour Employment Right, Karmojibi Nari, Bangladesh Medical Association, Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association and Jatiya Krishak Samiti O Bangladesh Khetmojur Union urged all concerns to come forward with relief and medicines.

Meanwhile, the DU authorities formed a committee headed by Duta President Prof Sadrul Amin to conduct relief activities.

This committee intends to conduct relief work among the affected people across the country with the assistance of DU teachers, students, officials and others.

It will hold a meeting on the campus at 3:30pm today in this connection.

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon formed a relief cell and urged all to donate to the cell.

Besides, many organisations began to distribute relief goods among the flood-affected people at different regions of the country.

Bangladesher Communist Party led by President Manjurul Ahsan Khan distributed relief goods at Gaibandha Sadar.

Jatiya Tran (relief) Committee yesterday inaugurated its relief distribution campaign at different places of the city.

President of the committee Justice Golam Rabbani yesterday distributed relief goods among 225 affected people.

Maulana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Tangail and Centre for Asian Art and Culture (CAAC) also have taken up special measures to assist the flood victims.