Embankment collapse

Map of Bhola district. Screenshot from Google Maps
Bangladesh

Under-construction embankment collapse kills child in Bhola

The incident took place in Ramnewaz fish ghat of the village in the evening, Monpura Police Station Officer in-charge Ahasan Kabir said.

This photo shows a ship washed ashore at Patenga sea beach in Chattogram due to strong waves and currents amid heavy rainfall on Friday, 30 May 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Chattogram hit by 198mm rainfall in 24 hours; risks of landslide high, sea turbulent, flights disrupted

Several sections of the two-kilometre-long protection embankment on Shariatpur’s Zajira end of the Padma Bridge caved in or developed cracks, while landslides have occurred in some areas. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Padma Bridge protection embankment at risk of collapse from soil erosion

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

10 villages flooded after embankment collapse in Satkhira

Parts of the 62-kilometre sustainable embankment on the bank of Baleshwar River in Bagerhat’s Sarankhola upazila begins to collapse less than a year after its handover, causing widespread panic among coastal residents. These pictures were captured recently. Photo: Ali Akbar Tutul
Bangladesh

Sarankhola locals in despair as new embankment starts collapsing in less than a year

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Embankment collapse: Low-lying areas of 14 villages in Khulna submerged, 15,000 people stranded

Photo: Masum Billah
Bangladesh

1500 families stranded as embankment collapses in Naogaon

Tidal surges entrap 300 homes in Bhadrapara. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

300 families marooned as embankment collapses in Bagerhat

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Embankment collapse on Kholpetua River floods 3 Satkhira villages

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Cyclone Asani: Rain hits Satkhira amid fears of embankment damage

About 30 kilometres of roads and by-roads in 500 villages of 50 unions in nine Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar have been damaged due to the recent torrential rain-induced floods. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Floods, eroding rivers, damage 44km of roads, embankments in Cox’s Bazar

Photo: Sayeed Alamgir/TBS
Corruption

300 Cox’s Bazar establishments at risk as dam collapse causes river erosion

File photo. Photo: Salahudddin Ahmed
Panorama

Rethinking embankments: Natural design versus human interventions