As Dharla erodes, riverbank families fear losing everything
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Mild tremor jolts Narsingdi
17 August 2026
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Update / At least 111 killed after 7.4 quake hits Colombia
10 August 2026
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Cox’s Bazar landslides kill Rohingya child, disrupt Marine Drive traffic
5 August 2026
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Japan issues tsunami alert after 7.1-magnitude quake
28 July 2026
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Village on the brink: River erosion threatens families in Narail
28 July 2026
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Strong winds and rain lash China after Typhoon Noul makes landfall
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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Heavy rain, tidal surges strand over 1 lakh people in Hatia
20 July 2026
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Rain disrupts life in Khulna city
After yesterday noon’s rainfall, two-thirds of Khulna city had to deal with severe waterlogging. The rain inundated the city and made residents suffer immensely.
29 September 2021
Gorai erosion puts Sheikh Russell Bridge, nearby villages at risk
Nearly one-fourth of a 410-metre-long embankment along the Gorai river, on Haripur union side of Sadar upazila, has collapsed in only four years after construction.
29 September 2021
1 killed as strong quake hits biggest Greek island
A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 shook Greece's largest island Crete on Monday and one person was killed when a church dome collapsed, authorities said.
27 September 2021
2 killed in India’s Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Gulab makes landfall
At least two fishermen were killed as Cyclone Gulab, packed with a wind power of 90km per hour, made landfall between the coastal areas of adjacent Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh tonight, officials said.
26 September 2021
Cyclone Gulab: People evacuated from coastal areas of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
Lakhs of people in southern coastal districts of India’s eastern state of Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh were evacuated ahead of cyclone Gulab’s landfall this evening.
26 September 2021
Deep depression intensifies into Cyclone ‘Gulab’; Rain likely across country
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at many places in the country as the deep depression over East Central Bay and adjoining Northeast Bay intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’.
26 September 2021
Depression in Bay: Maritime ports asked to warn vessels
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant cautionary signal one to alert vessels of a depression over the Bay of Bengal.
25 September 2021
Erosion of Teesta, Dharla: Classes of 11 pry schools resume in makeshift buildings
Classes of 11 government primary schools in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are being conducted in makeshift buildings after permanent buildings of the schools were washed away recently by the Teesta and Dharla rivers.
21 September 2021
Bridge on Dhaleswari precarious as erosion hits approach road
The approach road of the bridge on Dhaleswari river in Charabari area of Tangail Sadar upazila was badly damaged again due to heavy rains and increased current on the river for the last couple of weeks, leaving the very important bridge precarious for movement.
21 September 2021
Chapainawabganj Erosion: Nearly 50 houses lost to Padma
Over 100 families have been rendered homeless by the Padma river’s erosion at Goaldubi village under Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj in last three weeks.
19 September 2021
5 villages washed away in Teesta erosion in Kurigram
Due to continuing erosion of the Teesta, five villages, Char Gatiashyam, Bogurapara, Khitab Khan, Nakenda and Dhusmara of Gharialdanga union, of Rajarhat upazila in Kurigram were completely washed away into the river.
17 September 2021
Furious Padma devours over 20 homesteads in Harirampur
Over 20 families have lost their homesteads and vast areas of cropland as the erosion of Padma has taken a serious turn in two-kilometre-long stretch on the riverside area of Kanchanpur in Manikganj’s Harirampur upazila in the last three weeks.
15 September 2021
Depression in Bay: 21.2mm rain in Barishal region
Due to deep depression formed in the Bay of Bengal, it has been raining intermittently in the Barishal region since this morning.
14 September 2021
Depression intensifies into deep depression; signal 3 for maritime ports
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been directed to keep hoisted local cautionary signal 3 as the depression over Northwest Bay and adjoining Odisha coast intensified further into a deep depression and moved West-Northwestwards, said a Met office bulletin today.
13 September 2021
River erosion in 5 Districts: Houses, cropland, roads devoured
At least five districts in the country are facing erosion as river water started receding there, causing immense suffering to people.
10 September 2021
Wildfire raging in southern Spain forces nearly 800 to flee
A wildfire has forced the evacuation of nearly 800 people from around the southern Spanish resort of Estepona, local authorities said on Thursday.
9 September 2021
Jamuna water below danger level, flood receding in Sirajganj
As the water level of Jamuna river dropped below the danger mark recently, flood water is slowly receding in Sirajganj.
9 September 2021
Commuters suffer as road to ferry terminal goes under water in Bagerhat
The road connecting Bagerhat’s Morrelganj ferry terminal to the main road has been flooded.
8 September 2021
Powerful quake shakes southwest Mexico, one death reported
A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings, authorities said.
8 September 2021
Tidal surge floods nearly 100 villages in Patuakhali
Tidal surge has marooned nearly five thousand families of 100 villages under six upazilas of Patuakhali.
7 September 2021