Bangladesh met office considers overhauling rainfall classifications

The recent floods in the Chattogram region have caused severe damage to roads, bridges, and culverts, disrupting communication and daily life.

The recent floods have dealt a heavy blow to traders and small entrepreneurs across the Chattogram region, leaving many with massive financial losses.

As floodwaters continue to recede across the Chattogram region, the scale of the damage and human suffering is gradually becoming clear.

Three more children died in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar yesterday as floods, fuelled by incessant rain and relentless hill torrents from upstream, continued to devastate lives and livelihoods across the Chattogram region.

These acts of community service and volunteering to stand up for others should also become a defining characteristic of the people of Bangladesh. 

In 20 long years, I haven't found anyone who started “anti-India” protests by bringing up floods, till now.

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the environment ministry, speaks with The Daily Star about the ongoing floods.

Establishing such a ministry symbolises a collective commitment to transforming Bangladesh's landscape.

The schedule of suspended Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be announced once floodwater completely recedes from schools, said Education Minister Dipu Moni today (June 25, 2022).

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 floods wreaking havoc in the country’s northern and north-eastern districts may worsen as water levels in already overflowing rivers could continue to rise over the next two days, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre. 

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today (June 18, 2022) said a total of 140 medical teams were formed for the treatment of flood affected people across the country.

Individuals, businesses, real-estate developers, organisations, and even government agencies have gobbled up 1,072 acres (57pc) of the 1,879-acre flood flow zones in core Dhaka city in this decade, said leading urban planners yesterday.

As droughts and floods cut crop harvests and storms tear up buildings and power lines, countries vulnerable to climate change - from Bangladesh to Kenya and Guatemala - have proposed new ways to access cheaper financing to tackle the risks.

Aid workers rush to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. More than 350 people were confirmed dead, hundreds were missing and thousands more were at risk.

Fresh floods hit at least 30 villages of Sirajganj after a portion of an embankment eroded while the Jamuna in Gaibandha and Brahmaputra in Kurigram were flowing above the danger level yesterday, bringing misery to people in the districts.

Water levels at 49 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) mark rise while 33 stations record fall.

Scarcity of drinking water and food has further aggravated the situation in the flood-hit regions of Sylhet.

Fresh onrush of flood water has submerged parts of the hilly southeast -- Bandarban and Chittagong -- while Sylhet in the country's