Chapainawabganj, Oct 4– Around 58,000 people in 16 unions of the district have been stranded as the water level of Mahananda and Punorbhaba rivers rose, causing immense suffering to the locals. Roads, houses and cropland were inundated as the rivers…
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Over 2000 families marooned in sudden C’nawabganj flood
Chapainawabganj, Sept 29 (UNB)-Over 2,000 families in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas have been marooned due to flashflood caused by on rush of water from the upstream and rise of water levels in the Padma and the Mahananda rivers.
1 million people marooned in BD Northern region floods
Kurigram, July 25 (UNB) – Nearly a million people remained stranded, facing acute shortage of food, drinking water and fodder as the flood situation worsened. Heavy downpour in the upstream regions adjacent to Bangladesh and in the district pushed up…
BD floods worse: about 1mn people marooned in Kurigram alone
Kurigram, July 21 — About a million people are stranded as the overall flood has situation remained unchanged for the last 12 days.
Tens of thousands marooned as 4 Sylhet upazilas flooded
Sylhet, June 28 — Several hundred thousand people of four upazilas remained marooned after torrential rain over the last few days led to the flooding of parts of Gowainghat, Companiganj, Jaintiapur and Kanaighat sub-districts. Flooding has cut off road communications,…