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Bangladesh

Oxfam calls for global aid for Bangladesh flood victims

Oxfam sought EUR 3 million to reach 170,000 people to respond to this escalating crisis effectively.

People in Cumilla’s Burichang are evacuating their homes for higher grounds as floodwaters rise. File Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Water all around, but no water to drink in Cumilla

Photo: UNB

Bangladesh

New areas flooded in Cumilla: 7 lakh people still trapped

People wade through the floodwater near stranded vehicles as the Dhaka-Chattogram highway is submerged in floodwaters, halting vehicular movement. Key transportation routes, including the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and railway lines from Feni to Cumilla, have been submerged since Thursday disrupting the supply chain. This photo was taken on Friday from Lalpol in Feni. Photo: TBS

Transport

45-kilometer tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway, over 3,500 vehicles stranded

Saiful Islam Sagar, the 25-year-old volunteer from Lakshmipur’s Ramganj who drowned while trying to join a volunteer group to rescue people in flood-affected Feni. Photo: TBS

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Volunteer from Lakshmipur drowns in flood-affected Feni on his way to rescue operation

Photo: Collected

Bangladesh

Water resources ministry sets up control room to monitor flood situation

File photo: UNB

Bangladesh

Low-lying areas in Faridpur flooded as Padma swells

File Photo: Asmit Aovi/TBS

Bangladesh

Fresh flood hits three districts, govt ensures adequate relief

Despite completing around 60% of the repair work, the rising tide caused the temporary embankment to collapse, flooding 20 to 22 villages in Khulna’s Tiladanga and Pankhali unions. Photo: UNB

Bangladesh

Cyclone Remal: Villages still underwater in Khulna’s three upazilas

An aerial view of the waterlogged port city. Around 60,000 people in Satkania, Chandnaish, and Lohagara upazilas of Chattogram are marooned due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Inadequate relief supplies and a shortage of drinking water have left many of them in dire conditions. The photo was taken on 9 August. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin.

Districts

Flood damages 65% of rural roads in Chattogram

Bangladesh

Call 16163 for assistance in flood affected areas: Fire Service

NMC Primary School in Chattogram on 8 August 2023.

Education

Ctg division flood: Primary schools continue operations, parents outraged

400 Sitakunda families marooned in water as canal filled by three cos

Bangladesh

400 Sitakunda families marooned in water as canal filled by three cos