Villagers in Kurigram are putting up a 50-meter bamboo wall to control the flow of water in the Brahmaputra River to save their village Durgam Porar Char from flooding.
Floodwaters in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat have damaged huge amounts of hay, which would have been used as fodder for livestock.
Ferry services on Shimulia- Mongol Majhi Sattar Matbor ghat route resumed this morning (June 20, 2022), after 7.5 hours of suspension due to strong current in the Padma River.
The water level in Brahmaputra River in Kurigram rose higher and was flowing 51 cm above the danger level at Chilmari Point in at 6am this morning (June 20, 2022).
Reddish water from upstream in Assam, India, has been flowing into the rivers of Rowmari upazila in Kurigram resulting in flooding at 30 villages across three unions.
Five Indian nationals, who had entered Bangladesh illegally and had been imprisoned, were released this morning from Kurigram district jail.
A woman and her 5-month-old son were hacked to death in Rowmari upazila of Kurigram today (May 21, 2022).
More than 200 houses of five unions in Bhuruingamari upazila of Kurigram district have been damaged as a nor’wester hit the upazila early today (May 18, 2022).
A farmer was killed and another was injured after lightning struck them in Battola village under Phulbari upazila of Kurigram today (May 14, 2022).
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) handed over five Bangladeshis, detained while entering Bangladesh illegally, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) last night.
