40 unions across 13 upazilas in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Nilphamari are part of the Teesta shoal region
The study highlighted that the damage represents 1.81 percent of the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25
Over 60,000 people in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram have been marooned by floodwater as vast tracks of low-lying areas in northern districts have been inundated due to heavy rainfall and onrushing water from upstream.
Following incessant rainfall over the past few days, water levels in Teesta and other major rivers are rising, triggering widespread flood concerns in the northern districts.
The recent flood has dealt a heavy blow to fish farmers in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria.
One person in Moulvibazar remains missing, according to the release, says disaster management ministry
Hundreds of students from Dhaka, Chattogram and districts in between were seen marching towards Feni on August 22. They travelled in trucks, with speedboats and life jackets, on a mission to rescue those stranded by the unprecedented floods that swept through the region.
Only 7 cm water rise in the Ganga river (Padma river in Bangladesh) at Chapainawabganj point in last 24 hours, said Sarder Uday Raihan, executive engineer of the FFWC
In 20 long years, I haven't found anyone who started “anti-India” protests by bringing up floods, till now.
A school teacher has drowned in flood water, in Madan upazila of Netrokona.
Bangladesh is likely to witness more floods this monsoon, experts warn.
Eklimnagar village, under Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, has been cut off since the flood started six days ago. No food aid has yet reached the village.
Bidyanondo Foundation is a non-profit organisation with a mission to help poor communities of Bangladesh. As a part of the emergency response for the flash floods in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Kurigram and Netrokona, Bidyanondo teams have been helping to distribute food and water purification tablets amongst the people of the flood affected areas. Due to flash floods and torrential rain, 13 lakh people have been stranded in the peripheries of Bangladesh, and Biyanondo is one of the names that came to immediate rescue.
Nine villages have been flooded in Fulgazi upazila of Feni as the dam on Muhuri river was damaged at three points due to continuous rain and onrush of water from the hills.
Bangladesh's northern and central regions are expected to face brief flooding, as water levels in the Jamuna and Teesta rivers are rising steadily.
Urgent humanitarian aid needed in flood-hit northeast
Heavy rains and rush of water from upstream in India's northeast have started flooding Habiganj, after Sunamganj and Sylhet have been submerged.
The authorities of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) have postponed all classes and exams till June 25 after some parts of the campus were inundated due to the ongoing floods.
Worsening floods in Sunamganj and Sylhet districts have resulted in power outages, closure of many schools as they have been turned into makeshift flood shelters, and vast areas being inundated, with locals saying the flood is worse than the ones they experienced in 1998 and 2004.
