Water levels rose in some low-lying areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj due to heavy rain in the country’s northeastern region and water flowing in from the upstream of India’s Meghalaya yesterday.

Flood claimed three more lives in different parts of the country in 24 hours till this morning (June 28, 2022), raising the total fatalities to 87.

As flood waters recede, the Teesta River banks is being subjected to heavy erosion turning many people landless in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat.

Floods in the north-eastern region are taking a heavy toll on education with at least 5,000 primary and secondary schools in 18 districts closed down.

Nearly five lakh people have faced temporary displacement during recent floods in Sylhet, Sunamganj, and seven other northeastern districts, said a report by a platform for government and non-government humanitarian agencies.

When the floods came this year, it was not just the rice in the paddy fields that were washed away, but also those stored at homesteads -- leaving many in a state of food insecurity.

Hundreds of families in the country’s northern region lost their land and houses to river erosion in the last two weeks.

Laki village of Tawakkul union in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila straddles a massive haor, silhouetting the emerald mountains of Cherrapunji.

At least nine more people died due to flooding in different parts of the country in 24 hours till this morning (June 25, 2022), raising the total flood fatalities to 82.

All relief -- government or non-government -- is to be distributed in a coordinated way by committees formed in upazilas and unions of the Sylhet division.

At least five people died due to flooding in different parts of the country in 24 hours till this morning (June 24, 2022), raising the total flood fatalities to 73.

The European Commission is providing €2 million in funding for emergency assistance to those affected by the current floods in Bangladesh and India.

The divisional administration in Sylhet has formed committees in all flood-affected upazilas to facilitate rational distribution of government and non-government reliefs.

The flood situation has started improving in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts as the water level of major rivers is decreasing. However, this has led to a new issue.

The recent floods in northern Bangladesh are now affecting farmers in five districts of the greater Rangpur region as significant amounts of land in the economically disadvantaged area have gone underwater.

Tamanna Khatun, an 11-year-old, was found alone waiting for her parents in their flood-hit home in Sirajganj Sadar upazila’s Kawakhola union.

Thousands of people in 93 unions -- one-third of the total 336 in Sylhet division -- suffer immensely as no humanitarian aid could reach them as yet.

A total of 24 people have died due to flood across the country in the last 24 hours till morning today (June 23, 2022).

The UK has released additional emergency funding of £442,548 (over Tk 5 crore) to support communities affected by the ongoing flood in Sylhet division.

Academic activities of 337 educational institutions – 307 in Kurigram and 30 in Lalmonirhat – have remained suspended for one week due to the ongoing flood.