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Unicef Representative in Bangladesh Sheldon Yett on Friday said the UN agency is “deeply concerned” about the devastating flood situation unfolding in the northeastern region of Bangladesh. “The rivers are flowing dangerously high, and the situation is expected to worsen over the next 24 to 48 hours,” he said. Over 2,000,000 people, including over 772,000 children, are already affected by ...

More than 9.5 lakh people in Sylhet division remained marooned still on Friday due to the floods caused by the onrush of water from the upstream Meghalaya and Assam states of India. According to the information from the district administration, 9.57 lakh people from 13 upazilas, including 23 wards of Sylhet city corporation, are still marooned. Flood water spread in ...

State Minister for Water Resources Ministry Zahid Faruk on Thursday said the government will take steps to dredge the Surma River to protect Sylhet city from early floods. The construction work of nine dredging stations across the country is underway and steps will be taken for dredging of the Surma River soon, he said while talking to reporters after visiting ...

Members of Bangladesh Army are continuous working to ensure food and other assistance to the flood-affected people in Sylhet. In a notification on Thursday (June 20), the army said that shelter centres have been opened in the training barracks, dining room and hall room of Sunamganj district commandant office, where 510 people have taken shelter. Local administration the army are ...

The government has postponed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams in Sylhet division due to the ongoing flood situation. Tapan Kanti Sarkar, Chairman of Dhaka Education Board and Inter-Education Board, said on Thursday. However, the exams will be postponed for 08-10 days, he said, reports UNB. About one lakh HSC examinees are scheduled to appear for the ...

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 ...