Dhaka – The overall flood situation in Singra upazila deteriorated in Natore on Saturday as the water of Atrai river was flowing 70cm above the danger mark.The floodwater submerged new areas in the upazila.
Category: Disasters
Aman on 1900 hectared submerges as Atrai rises
Aman plants on around 1900 hectares of land have been washed away by flood water in Singra upazila of the district as the Atrai River has burst its bank.The Atrai was flowing 55 centimeters above its danger mark till Friday…
Young rhino swept from Nepal to India goes back home
An endangered one-horned rhino which was swept across the Nepalese border into India by flooding has been rescued and brought home. The young female rhino was found 42km (26 miles) from the Chitwan National Park in the Indian village of…
Deadly South Asian floods affect 16 million people
More than 16 million people have now been affected by seasonal flooding across a swathe of South Asia, say aid officials. The floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India are thought to have killed about 500 people and are expected to…
Floods from one basin recede – rise from two others
Onrush of waters in one three major river basins have shown a receding trend in the upstream but continued to swell the other two while experts said possibility if a massive deluge now depends on rainfall quantum in coming days.…
No visible govt relief for flood victims: BNP
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that the government has no visible relief activity to ease the sufferings of flood victims at different parts of the country.“There’s no effort in sight from the government side…
More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
Freetown, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run.
Ganges basin brings unprecedented floods to BD
Humanshu Thakkar Ganga Basin, particularly Bihar is facing unprecedented floods, starting on Aug 12, 2017. Water levels of Major tributaries of Ganga, including Kosi, Mahananda, Rapti, Bagmati, Gandak and Kamlabalan are close to or above the historically highest flood levels…
BNP accuses AL of making fun of flood victims
Dhaka, Aug 15 – BNP on Tuesday alleged that Awami League is making fun of the flood victims as its leaders are busy changing the Supreme Court verdict on the 16th constitutional amendment instead of taking steps for easing their…
Flood situation worsens: Rivers around Dhaka swell
Dhaka, Aug 15 – Four more people have drowned in floodwater in Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon and Netrakona districts as the overall flood situation worsened in several districts while remained static in some others.
Elephants help recue hundreds of Nepal flood victims
Elephants helped rescue hundreds of tourists from a flooded jungle safari park in Nepal, officials said on Monday, as the death toll from flash floods and landslides after four days of heavy rain rose to 70.The Rapti River overflowed its…
20 out of 64 BD districts inundated by floods
Onrush of waters from upstream region coupled with heavy monsoon largely grasped 20 out of 64 administrative districts claiming at least 20 lives amid fears of an impending severe deluge as major rivers continued to surpass bank lines, officials and…
Rail link snapped: Bundhs collapse in Rangpur-Dinajpur floods
Dhaka, Aug – Rail communication of Dinajpur with Dhaka remained suspended since Sunday night as rail tracks in Sadar Upazila went under water. Dinajpur railway station master Monirul Islam told UNB that rail links of Dinajpur with Dhaka and Panchagarh…
Maldives airports prepare plan to cope with disasters
Singapore – Media OutReach – 14 August – Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support the Maldives authorities in their efforts to build resilience against future natural disasters. The two partners will team up…
DHL, UNDP to help Maldives airports face disasters
Male- Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support the Maldives authorities in their efforts to build resilience against future natural disasters.
Govt. doing nothing for flood victims
The government is taking no measures for the flood victims other than just making statements, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said. Amid deteriorating flood situations in the northern part of the country, the former prime minister issued a statement from…
Devastating flood feared from Ganges-Brahmaputra
Dhaka – Bangladesh braces for even higher, unprecedented floods. The latest satellite imagery of accumulated rainfall by NASA and captured by Indian water expert Himanshu Thakkar shows that Assam Bangladesh, West Bengal and Bihar – already in spate – may…
Upstream water, rain cause floods in north-northeast BD
The water level rise in different rivers of the country’s north and northeast region triggered by heavy downpour and onrush of water from upstream flooded vast areas, leaving thousands of people marooned.According to reports reaching the UNB desk, the water…
US suspends search for missing marines off Australia coast
US officials say they have suspended a search and rescue operation for three marines missing after their aircraft crashed off the Australian coast. Saturday’s incident involved an MV-22 Osprey belonging to the US Marines based in Okinawa, Japan. The third…
Two Rajshahi boat capsize victims bodies recovered
Rajshahi, Aug 4 – Bodies of two students, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Ganges River at Thanpur Kheyaghat in Bagha Upazila were recovered on Friday afternoon.
Rain continues causing misery to Dhaka-dwellers
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Rain between scorching heat should have been a relief for many. But now the rain has turned into a cause of miseries for Dhaka dwellers as they have to endure waterlogged roads and traffic gridlock after…
Mild tremor jolts Sylhet
Sylhet, Aug 3 – A mild earthquake shook different parts of Sylhet in the early hours of Thursday.
Dams turning floods into disasters: Sandrp
All through the month of July, several states in India have been battling severe flood situation. The Northeastern (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Western (Rajasthan Gujarat), Central (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh) and Eastern (Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal) regions have been particularly affected…
80pc of Bangldesh population under quake threat
Dhaka – Seventy percent of the total land area of Bangladesh is vulnerable to earthquake risk and 80 per cent of the total population under earthquake threat. Besides, 61% areas of the country are in flood risk, 23% flash flood…
Bagerhat fish farmers bear the brunt of incessant rain
Incessant rain and unusually strong tide caused 10,560 fish enclosures of 10 upazilas in Bagerhat, which is famous for its White Gold shrimps, to go under water resulting in a loss of more than Tk 50 crore for the fish…
Several days of rainfall puts Dhaka life in disarray
Roads were flooded. Traffic tailback was everywhere. Commuters were wading through rainwater. School-going children were falling out of rickshaws. These were the chaotic scenes people saw in the capital on Wednesday after hours of rain. Triggered by an active monsoon,…
How 137 million people’s lives in Asia are at flood risk
Khorsheeda Khatun had been left with nothing — then that too was washed away. The 28-year-old fled her home country of Myanmar in January with her two daughters, escaping the latest outbreak of violence, and was living in the Kutupalang…
One killed, 4 missing in Bandarban landslides
Dhaka– A teenage girl was killed and four people went missing at Dalianpara in Ruma upazila in Bandarban on Sunday following landslides triggered by heavy rains.The deceased was identified as Chingmanu, 16, daughter of Mongshoihla and a class X student…
Fresh landslide kills student in BD hill district
A student of Dhaka University was killed and three others were injured on Saturday afternoon, as the wave of deadly landslides during the ongoing monsoon visited the usually tranquil surroundings of Himchari.
Residents, tourists in Greece sleep outdoors after quake
Kos, Jul 22 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos have spent the night sleeping outdoors after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region in Greece…