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28 July 2026
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28 July 2026
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26 July 2026
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1,000 flood-affected families receive IOM aid in Ctg, Cox’s Bazar
22 July 2026
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From clear stream to toxic channel in Bandarban
22 July 2026
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Hill water from India floods border villages in Netrakona
20 July 2026
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Floods in haor: Forecast gives window to harvest
Farmers in the haors are now busy harvesting Boro paddy as the sky was clear and no flash flood was forecasted anytime soon.
23 April 2022
Flood-hit farmers in haors: Combine harvesters saving grace for some
As most crop protection levees are on the verge of collapse due to flash floods, haor farmers in the north-eastern districts are harvesting ripe and half-ripe Boro paddy with combine harvesters.
21 April 2022
Nor’westers leave 5 dead
Nor’westers lashed many parts of the country, including the capital and its adjacent districts, early yesterday, killing at least five people.
20 April 2022
Nor’westers leave 4 dead in 3 districts
At least four persons were killed as nor'westers lashed Barishal, Chattogram and Manikganj districts this (April 20, 2022) morning.
20 April 2022
Flash flood in haors: Harvesting of half-ripe paddy continues
Farmers in haor areas continue to harvest half-ripe Boro fearing more flash floods triggered by torrential rain in the north-eastern districts of Bangladesh and in India’s Meghalaya.
19 April 2022
Another haor inundated
Another haor in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila -- Huramandira -- has been inundated after an adjacent levee broke due to excessive pressure of water.
18 April 2022
No new surface roads in haor areas
The government has decided to not construct any more surface roads in Haor areas.
18 April 2022
Flash floods stalk Sunamganj farmers
Weeks after the first blow of early flash flood, another flood started inundating crops in a haor in Sunamganj yesterday.
17 April 2022
Flash Flood in Haors: Farmers in despair
Hundreds of farmers in the northeastern region of the country continued to suffer immensely because of the flash flood.
16 April 2022
Untimely flood ravages croplands in Sirajganj
Hundreds of acres of croplands on the banks of Jamuna in different upazilas of Sirajganj have been flooded by the onrush of waters from the upstream in the last few days.
16 April 2022
Crops damaged by sudden surge of river water
Boro rice fields in low lying areas of numerous districts in the country’s northwest have been damaged by a sudden rush of water in the region, raising worries of losses due to reduced yields.
13 April 2022
Probe body visits four haors
A probe body formed by the Ministry of Water Resources yesterday visited four haors in Sunamganj where farmers suffered crop losses due to early flash flood.
12 April 2022
Flood in Haor: Time to focus on long-term solutions
Farmers of Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrakona and Sylhet grow Boro on around 4 lakh hectares every year, but the government has been spending money on the vital levees that protect them on a piecemeal basis.
11 April 2022
Nor’wester lashes B’baria damaging 250 houses, crops
More than 250 houses, including a government primary school, were damaged and some crops were damaged as a Nor'wester swept over Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria early today.
11 April 2022
Flash floods likely to hit haors in 3 north-eastern districts: Forecast
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) forecasted a flash flood likely to hit haors in three north-eastern districts after a heavy rainfall between April 10 to 17.
10 April 2022
Haor recoils in horror
Farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing huge financial loss in this Boro season because of flash floods.
9 April 2022
Flash floods hit haor region: Desperate farmers try to save half-ripe crops
The government invests a significant amount of public money to construct and repair levees in the haor areas of the country’s north-eastern districts to protect the Boro harvest from the flash floods.
6 April 2022
A disaster waiting to happen
The Ratnai Bridge on Lalmonirhat-Mughalhat road in Durakuti area of Sadar upazila has turned risky as it has tilted on the west end.
4 April 2022
Boro on 700 hectares submerged
Hundreds of haor farmers in Sunamganj, Netrakona and Kishoreganj are left distraught after about 700 hectares of paddy fields became inundated in the last four days.
3 April 2022
Mudslides kill 14 in heavy rains in Brazil
Heavy rains caused mudslides that killed at least 14 people in southern coastal cities and the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de Janeiro state, according to state and local authorities on Saturday.
3 April 2022