S Dilip Roy

A section of the embankment on Brahmaputra river’s right bank has collapsed, leaving the entire Chilmari upazila in Kurigram at renewed risk of flooding and riverbank erosion.

Although floodwaters receded just a day ago, vast stretches of cropland along riverbanks in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are buried under thick layers of sand, leaving hundreds of local farmers uncertain about cultivating Aman paddy and other seasonal crops.

Residents warn of devastating floods unless urgent action taken

The afternoon sun filters through the veranda of a modest semi‑pucca house in Babanpur village of Madankhali union under Pirganj upazila of Rangpur.

Once known for agriculture and cross-border trade, Naodanga union in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila has, over the years, gained notoriety as one of northern Bangladesh’s major drug hotspots.

Jatramohan Barman, 77, experienced a lifetime of losses due to the Dharla river’s erosion.

Hundreds of bighas of farmland have already been lost, while a vulnerable town protection embankment has renewed fears of widespread flooding

Illegal sand extraction using dredgers continues at several points along the Teesta river in Lalmonirhat despite repeated enforcement drives.