Flood in Bangladesh

Flash flood forecasted in haors of Sunamganj, Sylhet

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) forecasts flash flood in Haor regions of Sunamganj and Sylhet as India’s Meteorological Department predicted excessive rainfall in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh and in the bordering areas of India from April 17 to 20.
Not Farakka, it’s heavy rain causing flood: Ministry

It is heavy rain for which the water level in the Padma and Ganges rivers is increasing and creating a possibility of floods in the country.
Heavy rains to cause flash floods again

The country’s northern and northeastern regions may witness flash floods in the middle and at the end of this month due to heavy rainfall.
Flood Aftermath: Farmers forced to sell cattle at low prices

Small farmers of flood-hit districts, who raised cattle for the Eid-ul-Azha markets, have started selling off their animals at low prices as they are struggling to feed them because of food shortage in the affected districts.
Govt failed to tackle flood, dengue: BNP

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the government has failed to tackle the flood situation and dengue outbreak in the country and is now “terming all disorders in the country as rumours” after failing to check these issues.
Flood Damage in 28 Dists: Crops on 5.32 lakh hectares destroyed

Around 6.77 lakh hectares of croplands have been damaged by the recent flood that affected about 61 lakh people in 28 districts, says the government statistics.
Causes of Flood: Heavy rains, shallow rivers

The flood has hit Rangpur division the hardest as it rained in the region almost three times more than it had until this point last year.
Gaibandha flood victims take shelter in empty rail coaches

Many flood-affected people have taken shelter inside empty rail coaches of a train stuck between Trimohoni-Badiyakhali area in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha as their houses were inundated in flood waters.
Flood situation shows signs of improvement

The overall flood situation in some parts of the north showed signs of improvement yesterday as floodwater started receding. Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) said Brahmaputra, Dharla, Ghaghot, Jam
Flood death toll hits 100

With floodwater continuing to rise in many northern districts, at least seven people, including five children, drowned in floodwater in Jamalpur and Lalmonirhat yesterday.
Relief not reaching flood victims properly: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader alleges that relief materials are not reaching the flood victims properly.
Flood Victims in North: Returning home to a grim sight

After living in the open for 10 days, 46-year-old Kulsum Begum and her children returned home on Sunday morning.
Flood-affected roads will be fixed urgently: Quader

Roads which were damaged due to the recent flood across the country will be fixed urgently, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.
Water recedes, diseases spread

As floodwater started receding across the country, different kinds of waterborne diseases have begun spreading in some districts.
Floods heading to the heartland

The floods, which have been ravaging the north and hilly regions, are now approaching the districts adjacent to the capital from the north.
Fodder crisis hits cattle rearing in flood-affected Lalmonirhat

Cattle rearing in flood-affected areas of Lalmonirhat has been severely affected due to lack of green fodder owing to rising floodwaters in Teesta and Dharla rivers for the last one week.
Communications disrupted as flood batters roads

Flood has disrupted road and rail communications across the country as roads, bridges and rail tracks in several districts have been damaged or inundat-ed, causing immense suffering to people.
Flood ravages croplands, houses

Around 73,400 houses and 36,000 hectares of crops have been damaged by recent floods in 21 districts, causing thousands of people to suffer.
Flood-Hit Areas: Food, drinking water scarce

Four children and a woman drowned and died in floodwater in Anantapur area of Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila yesterday.
Flood situation worsens in Kurigram, improves in Lalmonirhat

The flood situation in Lalmonirhat improved slightly after water levels of Teesta and Dharla Rivers both decreased while the situation has worsened in Kurigram further.
Flood takes heavy toll on schools

At least 2,100 educational institutions, mostly government primary schools, have closed due to severe flooding in 12 districts in a week.
Deluge forces many to live on boats, roads

Along with his four family members and some cattle, 75-year-old Kazim Uddin had to spend the past two days on a small boat as their home was flooded.
13 lakh affected in north, hill dists

Around 13 lakh people in the country’s north, north-eastern and hilly regions have been stranded in flooded areas amid heavy downpour and swollen rivers.
Neither necessary nor sufficient

On the surface—from the philosophical (life and death) to physical (rainfall and flood)—these appear to be simple questions with causal connections.
2,300 flood victims in Sharifpur get aid

Local administration arranges aid for nearly 2,300 flood victims in Kulaura upazila’s Sharifpur in Moulvibazar.