Sylhet

A child and a teenager drowned in floodwater in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place at Shyamer Kona village under Chadnighat union in the upazila.. The deceased were identified as Chadi Mia, 8, son of Pachan Mia, a resident of Pashchim Shyam Kona village, and Hriday Mia, 17, son of Zamir Mia of the same village. ...

Six of the seven upazilas in Moulvibazar have been inundated due to the incessant rains and onrush of water from upstream, leaving nearly two lakh people stranded. All the rivers in the district have been flowing above the danger level, flooding 432 villages of 37 unions of Moulvibazar Sadar, Rajnagar, Kulaura, Juri, Baralekha and Srimangal upazilas of the district. Most ...

Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Wednesday asked the authorities of all public hospitals in flood-affected Sylhet region to keep an adequate stock of saline and medicines to tackle the outbreak of water-borne diseases including diarrhoea. He gave the directives during an urgent meeting — with the concerned officials of the Sylhet division’s health service sector — through videoconferencing ...

Nearly seven lakh people in the Sylhet metropolitan area and throughout the district have been stranded as continuous heavy rainfall over the past three days has worsened the flood situation in Sylhet for the second time in just 20 days. . In the metropolitan area, 50,000 people across 21 wards have been affected by flooding, according to Sylhet district administration ...

Members of Bangladesh Army have been deployed on Tuesday to protect the flood-affected Boroikandi power substation in Sylhet, where around 700,000 people are still stranded amid continuous rain. General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, the Chief of Army Staff, deployed the troops at the request of the Sylhet City Corporation. They have been working to ensure uninterrupted power supply from the power ...

The low-lying areas of seven upazilas in Sunamganj were submerged due to continuous rainfall and water from upstream in the district. When the residents were disoriented by the flood water, the prices of dry food, including candles, suddenly increased in the markets of Sunamganj within a few hours. Several houses were destroyed, fishes, cattle, paddy and rice have been washed away. The ...

Continuous heavy rainfall over the past two days has worsened the flood situation in Sylhet for the second time in just 20 days. Nearly four lakh people in the Sylhet metropolitan area and throughout the district are now stranded. In the metropolitan area alone, 10,000 people across 15 wards have been affected by flooding, according to Sylhet district administration sources ...

A large swath of area in Sylhet city has been gone under water after water entered the low-lying areas. In such a situation, shelter centres have been opened at several wards of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) on Monday. SCC mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury has visited shelter centres and flood affected wards. As flood-like situation has appeared, the SCC authorities have cancelled ...

The flood situation in Sunamganj has deteriorated significantly, leaving a vast number of residents stranded as water levels continue to rise due to incessant rainfall and the overflow of rivers and streams originating from the hills. The Surma, Chela, and Piain rivers have taken on a menacing form with water levels surging above 137 centimeters as of Tuesday, according to ...

Floods have occurred in Sylhet again.  Due to the heavy rains of the last few days and the hill slopes coming down from the upstream, the water of all the rivers in the district is flowing above the danger level. According to Water Development Board, at 9 am on Tuesday (June 18), all the rivers, including Surma, Kushiara, Sari, Sarigoine, ...