Despite flood waters starting to recede slowly again, the suffering of the people of Sylhet has reached extreme levels, especially in parts where the flooding has been constant since late May, coming in successive spells that allowed for no recovery from the previous one. The fresh spell of flooding, that was the third in the space of five weeks with no ...
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Youth arrested over raping child in Sunamganj
Police arrested a young man in a case filed over raping a 11-year-old child from Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The arrested man is Tofazzal, 22, a resident of Lakshmipur village under Lakshmipur union in the upazila. Earlier, at 12:00 noon on Wednesday (July 3) Tofazzal went to the girl’s house and raped the victim as there ...
Read More »Education bears brunt of flooding in Sylhet
Academic activities came to a halt at about 500 educational institutions of mostly primary and secondary levels across Sylhet as the third wave of flooding hit the district this year. Moreover, the unprecedented flooding caused damage to roads, agriculture, and fisheries in the northeastern district of Bangladesh but the education sector has been hardest hit. Some school buildings have been ...
Read More »Attachment of Sylhet customs commissioner’s 9-storey house in Dhaka ordered
A court in Dhaka has ordered the authorities concerned to attach a senior customs official’s nine-storeyed house at Bashundhara, two apartments and three commercial spaces in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Ash Shams Jaglul Hossain passed the order, allowing a plea of the investigation officer and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Farzana Yasmin to attach the properties ...
Read More »Floods devastate 3 Haor Upazilas of Moulvibazar
The flood situation has improved in the riverine areas of the seven Upazilas of Moulvibazar, but the water has yet to recede in the Haor region of the district. Extreme misery has shrouded the lives of the people living on the banks of the wetlands in the Hakaluki Haor region’s Kulaura, Juri, and Barlekha Upazilas. The floodwater has also made ...
Read More »Sylhet, Sunamganj reel under floods, 2 million affected
Heavy rainfall triggered by active monsoon submerged much of two northeastern districts Sylhet and Sunamganj creating havoc for the people in rural areas as the two districts witnessed third spell of flood within one month. As monsoon has arrived early impacted by cyclone Rimel, the fresh round of flood inundated vast areas of several districts of the country, officials and ...
Read More »Sylhet flood situation likely to worsen
People in the northeastern region of the country were witnessing a flood for the third time, exactly within one month. “Northern regions of Bangladesh and some states of India have witnessed torrential rainfall as monsoon are set early impacted by cyclone Rimel, resulting in floods for the third time in Sylhet and Sunamganj,” said FFWC Executive Engineer Sardar Udoy Raihan. ...
Read More »Flood waters recede in Moulvibazar, but heavy rain poses renewed threat
Recent flood waters have receded slightly in Moulvibazar district, but heavy rain over the past two to three days has raised concerns that houses may be flooded again. The water levels in the Kushiara and Juri rivers continue to rise, with the rivers flowing above their boundaries. If the heavy rains persist, there is a fear that the district’s 300,000 ...
Read More »Third round of flood batters life in Sylhet
Some parts of Sylhet have been flooded again, the third round in 35 days, due to heavy rains for the last couple of days and onrush of upstream water. The water level of various rivers including the Surma and the Kushiyara are rising rapidly, causing fear about inundation of more areas. The fresh spell of flood has already inundated three ...
Read More »3 missing after boat capsizes in Sunamganj
Three passengers of a boat, including two women, went missing after the boat sank in the Surma river due to strong currents at Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The missing people were identified as Jotsna Begum, 35; Jamir Ali, 40; and Gulo Bibi, 75. All three were residents of the Azampur Ashrayan Project. Badrul Hasan, officer in-charge of ...
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