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The Business Standard and CEGIS jointly organise a roundtable discussion on "Urban Flood Resilience and WASH Integration: Policy Action and Inter-agency Synergies" at the TBS conference room in Dhaka today. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Need visionary, adaptive delta management to tackle urban flooding: Experts

They called for coordinated flood, WASH, waste management and urban planning to address growing waterlogging.

A long tailback on a highway in Chattogram. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

1,600km of drains in Ctg to be cleaned before next monsoon: PM

Vehicles struggle through a waterlogged Dhanmondi 27 road in Dhaka after heavy rainfall inundated the area on 12 July 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Bangladesh needs climate-ready cities, not just another masterplan

Continuous rain since this morning (17 August) has flooded low-lying roads and alleys, causing significant inconvenience to students, office workers, and pedestrians. Photo: TBS

Chattogram waterlogged again after 167mm rain

Photo: TBS

7 teachers transferred after overseeing HSC exams at waterlogged Cumilla college

Vehicles and people make their way through Dhaka's Green Road, which has been submerged following heavy rainfall. File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Heavy rain likely in 7 divisions; Dhaka faces waterlogging risk

Rupnagar Canal in 2005 (left) and 2022 (right), showing how dense settlement has narrowed Dhaka’s waterways. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain.

Dhaka: A city that built over its canals is now drowning in rain

Engineers urge science-based urban planning to combat waterlogging. Photo: TBS

Engineers urge science-based urban planning to combat waterlogging

In Dhaka, days of rainfall left many roads submerged, disrupting public transport and bringing large parts of the city to a standstill. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Heavy rain leaves parts of Dhaka waterlogged, slows traffic and disrupts commuting

A long tailback on a highway in Chattogram. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Waterlogging in Ctg can't be solved without restoring drains and canals: Experts

In Dhaka, days of rainfall left many roads submerged, disrupting public transport and bringing large parts of the city to a standstill. Photo: Rajib Dhar

How two megacities stopped functioning at once

Photo: UNB

PM orders maximum preparedness to protect lives, property amid waterlogging

Dhaka South City Corporation workers clear drainage outlets on a waterlogged road in the capital following heavy rainfall on 12 July. Photo: TBS

Dhaka South City teams drain rainwater, clear roads after heavy downpour