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.
Members of Bangladesh Army have been deployed to manage the heavy flooding and its aftermath in Sylhet and Sunamganj.
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.
Over 1.5 million children are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to extensive flooding in north-eastern Bangladesh, said Unicef Bangladesh in a statement today.
With rivers in Sylhet and Sunamganj still flowing above the danger level, fisheries and crop farms have been bearing the brunt.
Around 657 kilometres of 153 roads in Sylhet and Suamganj have been submerged due to flood as the water of the river Surma and Kushiyara is still flowing above the danger level.
With three major rivers -- the Surma, Kushiyara and Sari-Gowain -- swelling beyond the danger level, the flood situation in Sylhet district has worsened in seven upazilas and the Sylhet city area.
“Most paddy fields in our village are under water. We are not only facing food shortage but also lacking fodder for our cattle. Had the flood happened after two weeks, we could have harvested at least enough to feed ourselves,”
The government invests a significant amount of public money to construct and repair levees in the haor areas of the country’s north-eastern districts to protect the Boro harvest from the flash floods.
The recent floods in three phases damaged standing crops on 42,055 hectares of land causing production losses of 1,49,416 tonnes of crops worth Taka 499.16 crore this year in Rangpur agriculture region.
Nonstop rain, over the last 12 hours, has caused unprecedented waterlogging in most areas of Rangpur district.
