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Onrush of water from hill has damaged Boro paddy in haor area of Sunamganj. Farmers are cutting half-ripe paddy as water rises in haor. The picture was taken from Dakshin Sunamganj upazila on Monday.

Flash floods in Sunamganj and Habiganj Boro paddy worth Tk 1 billion damaged in haor

Onrush of water from the upper riparian region has damaged Boro paddy worth nearly Tk 1 billion in Sunamganj and Habiganj

Two farmers harvesting half-ripen paddy in fear of flash flood

Another 860 hectares of cropland submerged in Sunamganj

Another 860 hectares of cropland were submerged in Harmandir Haor in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj on Sunday night

Agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque is visiting Chapti haor in Derai upazila of Sunamganj on Saturday.

PM to be informed about irregularities in maintenance of haor dams: Razzaque

Maintenance of the protection dams in haor region in Sunamganj does not meet expectation and the prime minister will be informed of the irregularities, said agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque on ...

Kabir Bin Anwar is addressing a views exchange meeting on the situation of Sunamganj haor organised by the district administration on Thursday afternoon.

Construction of embankment in haor Big names involved in irregularities being heard: Senior secy

Water resources ministry senior secretary Kabir Bin Anwar has said an investigation is being carried out over the alleged irregularities in the construction of embankment in haor and names of ...

Flash floods damage crops worth Tk 1b in Sunamganj haors

Flash floods damage crops worth Tk 1b in Sunamganj haors

On 2 April, crops of Tanguar haor went under water at first after the Najarkhali dam collapsed.

An embankment collapses in Sunamganj Dharmapasha

Boro crops inundated in Sunamganj as dam collapses

Boro crops on 100 acres land of Tanguar haor area in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj district went under water as the embankment collapsed due to the onrush of hill water on Friday

Farmers harvest their half-ripen Boro crop as flash flood damages the crop in Chaptir haor, Dirai, Sunamganj on 7 April 2022

Farmers lament at Sunamganj haor

People have been harvesting their half-ripened Boro crop in haor areas due to flash flood

People are trying to protect a dam in Bishwambhar upazila of Sunamganj on Tuesday.

Repair of dams in haor Work not finished despite extending time

The Project Implementation Committee (PIC) of the Water Development Board could not finish the work of repairing and construction of dams even after extending the time resulting in endangering the ...

Editorial

Crops at risk in the haors: Take speedy action

We did not have to face a food crisis during Covid. Food production saved us from a major economic catastrophe. But could we do any justice to the agriculture and farmers?

Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram all-weather road in Kishoreganj

Littering threatens haor environment in Kishoreganj

The all-weather Itna-Mithamoin-Austragram road is attracting growing number of tourists to the haor, now a popular tourist destination. It has also become a source of widespread littering by visitors ...

BRAC Bank agent banking channel reaches haor-land Mithamoin

BRAC Bank agent banking channel reaches haor-land Mithamoin

BRAC Bank has opened an agent banking channel at Mithamoin Bazar in Kishoreganj district

Tourist’s body recovered from Nikli haor, another goes missing

Tourist’s body recovered from Nikli haor, another goes missing

The body of a tourist who drowned in Nikli haor in Kishorganj on Friday was recovered Saturday morning

Flood-affected Sunamganj-Tahirpur road. The photo was taken on 29 June, 2021

Incessant rain, overflows from upstream inundated haor floodplains

If the water level continues to rise, low lands across Sunamganj would be flooded entirely within next couple of days, said Bangladesh water development board (BWDB) officials, adding that Sunamganj ...

Gender gap in technology must be closed

Gender gap in technology must be closed

Women in Bangladesh are advancing in all fields, but still need to catch up in the information technology (IT) sector

Boatmen carry passengers during rain to cross the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10 September 2020.

Incessant rain upstream may cause floods in the haor

Experts, however, believe the flood this year may bring fortune as most of the paddy of the haor area has been already harvested

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