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Flashflood likely in Sylhet, Sunamganj: FFWC

The water level of Surma, Kushiyara, Old-Surma, Sarigowain rivers in the North-eastern region may rise further and cause flash flood in the low-lying areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center(FFWC). The Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers are in steady state, which may rise in next 72 hours,  it said, reports UNB citing the FFWC. The Ganges ...

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100 sacks of Indian sugar recovered in Sunamganj

A total 100 sacks of Indian sugar recovered from a graveyard at Moddhonagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. A team of police, led by sub-inspector Tapan Chandra Das, conducted a drive in Rupnagar village under Bongshikundanorth union in the upazila and recovered the sacks from a abandoned graveyard. Md Imran Hossain, officer-in-charge of Moddhonagar Police Station, confirmed it.  

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Sylhet Board announces new schedule for postponed subjects

Sylhet Education Board has announced new dates for the four subjects of HSC and equivalent exams, which were suspended due to the flood in the region. The postponed exams of the subjects will begin on August 13, Professor Arun Chandra Paul, examinations controller of Sylhet Education Board, confirmed on Sunday afternoon. According to the routine, HSC and its equivalent exams ...

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Mother, son die being hit by truck in Sylhet

A woman and her son were killed after being hit by a reckless truck in Sylhet’s Companyganj upazila on Sunday. Two others were seriously injured in the accident. The accident happened around 4:30 pm in front of a petrol pump in Khagail area on the Sylhet-Bholaganj Bangabandhu road The dead were Smriti Akter, 25, wife of Delwar Hossain of Khamargaon ...

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Sunamganj lowlands flooded, rivers flowing above danger level

The continuous rainfall and mountain runoff are causing to rise the water levels of all river, including the Surma, Kushiyara, and Jadukata, once more which left the lowlands of Sunamganj district flooded. The low-lying areas of Tahirpur upazila are gradually being submerged, as the floodwaters are rapidly entering through the upazila’s Charagaon area, near the Meghalaya border, which raised concerns ...

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SUST teacher to suspend classes, exams from Monday

The teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology have announced to suspend all classes and examinations of the university from July 1 as part of a programme of all-out movement demanding cancellation of the new universal pension scheme. On Sunday (June 30) the teachers announced a complete strike in the afternoon while observing a full-day strike in front of ...

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Two children drown in Habiganj

Two children drowned in a pond at Ajmiriganj upazila in Habiganj district on Saturday. The incident took place around 2pm on Saturday at Mahmudpur village under the upazila. The deceased were identified as Praloy Das, 7, son of Gobind Das, and Surya Das, 6, son of Rubel Das, both were residents of the same village. According to the police and ...

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WFP provides food aid for flood-hit people in Sylhet region

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh. Starting on June 27, WFP’s Sylhet Field Office, in support of the relief efforts of government authorities, began distributing fortified biscuits to over 23,000 families to help them meet their immediate food and nutritional ...

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Flooding in Sylhet region : More rains threaten to worsen situation

More downpour is threatening to worsen the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar which has caused immense suffering to over a million people. With continuous rain submerging more villages and towns, thousands have sought refuge in flood shelters. In Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, about 1.25 million people have been affected by the flood. In Sylhet, low-lying areas of the ...

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Sylhet passes wettest June in five decades

With five days still to go in the first monsoon month—June—the north-eastern district of Sylhet already recorded an amount of rainfall that was never seen in the month since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. All 13 upazilas in Sylhet is more or less affected by the ongoing flood that started about 10 days ago, ruining the joy of Eid for thousands ...

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