Sunamganj Floods

Different spots of Sylhet-Gowainghat road has submerged once again following heavy rain for two days and flash flood. The photo is taken at Salutikar area in Gowainghat upazila, Sylhet, on 30 June 2022

Northern, north-eastern districts Flood likely to linger due to heavy rains

North-eastern and northern parts of Bangladesh may witness prolonged flood as record breaking rainfalls were recorded inside Bangladesh and upstream states of India during the ongoing flood

Poet Iqbal Kagji was saying that the damage caused to the book collection by the floods was irreparable. The photo was taken on Monday at poet Iqbal Kagji's house.

Sunamganj flood Floodwater sweeps away 30 years’ collection of books

'The wealth that is in Kagji’s house cannnot even be found in the house of many highly educated elites. His house is full of books. He has made a huge collection of books over the years. His house, ...

State minister for disaster management and relief Enamur Rahman

Govt has managed flood situation efficiently: Enamur

The state minister made this statement under section 300 of the rules of procedure at the Jatiya Sangsad in the afternoon with speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair

Volunteers providing relief packages in Sachna, Sunamganj on 24 June, 2022

Bloodman, DUCPP and BMSS support flood victims in Sunamganj

On Friday, members of the organisations went to Sachna village and distributed relief packages containing ten different products, including candles, flattened rice, biscuits, bread and other food ...

People use makeshift raft made of tube and wood

Sylhet floods: Govt allocation inadequate, prices of commodities spiral

People’s sufferings are far from over although floodwaters have receded in Sylhet. Many people returned to their homes but they cannot reconstruct the houses damaged by the flood. Many flood victims ...

Aziz Ali, 62, smiles after he receives a packet of relief from Prothom Alo Trust in Shibnagar village of Sunamgaj’s Chatak on 26 June 2022.

Aziz Ali no longer worries over food for several days

Funded by IDLC Finance Limited, Prothom Alo Trust distributed relief to 180 flood-affected people separately in Dighli Government Primary School shelter centre of Sylhet’s Bishwanath and Shibchar ...

The pedestrians are facing skin complications after walking along dirty roads. This photo was captured at the Sobhanighat-Jatarpur road Saturday morning.

Waterborne diseases spread as floodwater recedes

“Many people are suffering from diarrhoea, skin diseases, dysentery, cholera and other waterborne diseases,” sources from Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

A woman with children wades through the water on a flooded street during the monsoon rains in Sylhet on 18 June 2022

Almost 70pc of mobile network sites restored in 3 flooded districts

As many as 1,714 out of 2,528 mobile network sites in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrokona districts were re-connected.

A man fixes his house that was damaged in recent floods in Companiganj in Sylhet on 24 June 2022

Death toll from floods rises to 82, reports of diarrhoea outbreak

The death toll in the flood-stricken districts is on the rise. Some nine died on the last day. With this, the flood related casualties rose to 82 in three divisions

Flood victims receive relief materials distributed by Border guard members in a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfalls in sunamganj on June 24, 2022.

3.5m Bangladeshi children lack safe water after floods: UN

UNICEF needs $2.5 million quickly in order to fund its emergency response

Editorial

Outcry at the relief camps: Take all efforts to deliver relief

According to government data, 4.5 million people across the country are flood affected. 440,000 people have taken shelter in 1474 relief camps

People have been going through immense sufferings as floods hit most parts of Kurigram district.

Prices of daily essentials go up in five flood-hit districts

Flood waters are receding in Sylhet and Sunamganj while sweeping the northern districts. The flood-hit people are already suffering from severe food crisis

Devastating flood submerges most of the areas in Sylhet division

Mobile network restored at 1,166 sites in flood-hit districts

Telecom operators have swung into emergency mode to restore networks in the three flood-affected districts of Bangladesh—Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrakona

Many schools and colleges of the Sylhet region are currently submerged due to flood

Floods SSC exam unlikely before Eid

A source from the Dhaka Education Board said that there is very little chance that the SSC exam will be held before Eid ul-Adha. Moreover, the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam, which was ...

Many areas in SIrajganj experience shortage of safe drinking water. Khokshabari, Sirajganj sadar on 21 June 2022

Prolonged flood likely in north-eastern, northern districts

A large number of embankments have been built in both Bangladesh and Indian regions to control flow of water of major rivers, which are the main reasons for increasing frequency of flooding, said ...

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