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Residents wade through floodwaters at Amlitala village of Peariganj union under Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila last week. Floodwaters have remained stagnant for nearly two weeks in many areas of Lakshmipur, a downstream district through which waters were supposed to drain into the Bay of Bengal in a few days. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
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