Sardar Uday Raihan, Executive Engineer of Flood Forecasting and Warning Center of Bangladesh Water Development Board (PUBO), said that the opening of Farakka Dam has not yet affected Bangladesh. The upstream Ganges water is stagnant and the same situation prevails in the Bangladesh part. At present the water of the river is flowing far below … Read more
Communication system with Shikarpur village of Comilla’s Burichong upazila has been severed. Two lakh people of Burichong upazila have been trapped in water after the dam broke. “My family has been trapped for three days. My brother and 10 family members are stuck there. There is only one liter of water. We could not rescue … Read more
Navy personnel have donated a day’s salary to the Chief Adviser’s Relief Fund to help flood victims. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this in a press release on Friday (August 23). At least 11 districts including Feni, Noakhali, Comilla, Lakshmipur have been hit by heavy rains and heavy downpours coming down from the upper … Read more
India says the dam gates opened on their own due to excess water pressure Floods in Bangladesh are mainly caused by water from large catchments downstream of dams Houses, crops and animals were swept away by the strong current. People died too. 9 districts of Bangladesh were swept away by severe floods due to the … Read more