At least 10,000 people are stranded in parts of the Chapainawabganj Sadar and Shibganj upazilas as the water level of Padma and Mahananda rivers increase further.

The Padma and Mahananda rivers continued to swell in Natore and Chapainawabganj districts after India opened all the gates of the Farakka barrage following flood in Patna and 12 other districts, inundating new areas.

At least 50 homesteads, five educational institutions, one union health complex building and one union parishad building have been devoured in Madaripur’s Shibrampur upazila since Monday.

Erosion by the Padma river has turned alarming in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj.

People of Rajshahi have formed a human chain protesting the prison authorities’ bid to grab at least 100 acres of char land in the Padma river in the city’s Sreerampur for building Prisons Training Academy complex.

Three persons turn up dead in the Padma river after going missing from Manikganj during trawler capsize in a nor’wester two days ago.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the Padma bridge will be named after the river as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled the proposal of naming the bridge after her.

This Padma is not the river they know. At Naria of Shariatpur, 20km from the Padma Bridge construction site, it has changed abruptly for sure. Once relatively calm and quiet in the area, it turned into an all-devouring river in just a few years.

Plying of all water vessels including launch and speedboats is suspended on Shimulia-Kathalbari route following an accident and due to strong currents in the Padma river.

The High Court has directed the government to immediately remove the embankment built on the Padma River at Shiloiunion under Munshiganj for collecting tolls from transports.

A large flock of very rare and colourful birds has brightened the banks of Padma river near Rajshahi City recently. The birds called Painted Stork thronged the shallows and shoals before the birdwatchers and photographers of the city.

We may thankfully sing the old Christian hymn “Humbly we adore thee, pelican” now that a Spot-billed Pelican is visiting Bangladesh

Two students go missing as a boat sank in the Padma river at Thanpur Kheyaghat in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi.

Hundred years are over and still counting! The 1.8-kilometre long Hardinge Bridge, one of the country's historical attractions, stands still and steady over the Padma river even today with its beauty and pride, running between the railway stations of Pabna's Paksey and Kushtia's Bheramara.

Flood situation slightly improved yesterday, but strong current of the Padma river began to eat away many houses at Lohajong and Tongibari upazilas in Munshiganj.

A Ro-Ro ferry Ruhul Amin carrying nine buses, two trucks and 11 small vehicles ran aground in a hidden shoal in the middle of the Padma River this morning.

A small portion of T-groyen dam in Rajshahi city's Sreerampur area was washed away due to strong current in the Padma yesterday. The river water continued to rise.

India did not do the right thing by opening the Farakka barrage, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says reflecting on the flood situation it has caused in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sends 20 kilograms of hilsa from the Padma river for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is going to take oath for the second term tomorrow.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not have Hilsa dishes on her Pahela Baishakh menu during the celebrations this year.