Bangladesh

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on 14 former Awami League ministers and lawmakers in connection with corruption allegations brought against them. The others are former social welfare minister Dipu Moni, former health minister Zahid Maleque, former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, former industrial minister Nurul Majid…

Comilla has faced extensive damage due to severe floods. Like other sectors of the district, the fisheries sector has suffered huge losses. The district, which has been the first and second in fish production for several times, has suffered a total loss of Tk 404 crore in the fisheries sector due to severe floods. Which…

As the floodwater recedes in Feni, the scars are becoming evident. Even though there are scaffolding in the field, there are no green trees. Turmeric, ginger, aush, aman and various autumn vegetable fields are floating from the water. In six upazilas of the district, the third round of floods in the period of one and…

Flash floods have caused extensive damage to crops in the country. Therefore, to deal with the crisis in the affected areas, the students of Sherebangla Agricultural University (Shekribi) have taken the initiative to provide free rice seedlings and vegetable seeds for the sake of agriculture and farmers. They have already started the work of collecting…

17 people have died in Feni so far due to flash floods that started on August 20. District administration sources said on Thursday that the number of dead in the district is 17 so far. Earlier on Tuesday, two deaths were reported in the district. Feni faced the worst flood in memory due to heavy…

he Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief said that four more people died in the floods caused by heavy rains and water coming from India. With this, the death toll in 11 flood-affected districts rose to 31. On the other hand, the number of people affected by the floods that lasted for more than a…

The water of Gomti river in Comilla is flowing below the flood line. At present the water of the river is flowing three centimeters below the danger line. Comilla Water Development Board Executive Engineer Khan Md. Waliuzzaman confirmed the matter on Tuesday (August 27) night. He said that the water of Gomti river is decreasing….

27 people have lost their lives so far in the ongoing floods in the eastern part of Bangladesh due to heavy rains and landslides coming down from India upstream. This information was given in a media briefing by the government regarding the flood situation. Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e-Azam and representatives of army, student…

The opening of 109 gates of Farakka barrage has led to a rise of 2 cm in Padma river at Lalpur in Natore.  NATO Water Development Board Executive Engineer Rafiqul Alam Chowdhury confirmed this information on Monday evening. He also said that the water in Lalpur part of Padmanadi has not crossed the limit yet….