Four back-to-back floods damage Tk 8,183.3m crops
SYLHET, Sept 15: Four back-to-back spells of flood within a span of only four months from late May have caused damage to standing crops valued Tk8,183.3 million (Tk818.33 crore) in Sylhet division.Excessive rainfall and runoff from the upstream in Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura triggered the latest bout...
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Chandpur's Shahrasti upazila dogged by severe water crisis
CHANDPUR, Sept 18: Shahrasti upazila of the district is witnessing an overwhelming crisis of pure drinking water in the flood aftermath, which has brought in unbearable suffering for a large number of residents.Local people are finding it very difficult to collect necessary potable water daily as a total of 1,600...
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Man dies trying to stop Gopalganj clash
GOPALGANJ, Sept 18 (bdnews24.com): A man has died while trying to stop a clash between two families at a village in Gopal-ganj's Muksudpur. Five other people were injured in the clash.The incident occurred in Mohishtoli village in Nanikhir Union, said Ins-pector Mostafa Kamal of Muksudpur Police Station.The deceased was local...
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Torrential rains submerge 26 villages in Jashore
JASHORE, Sept 18 (UNB): Incessant rains for the last couple of days have flooded homesteads, cropland and fish enclosures, rendering around 8,500 people of 26 villages in Abhay-nagar upazila marooned.School grounds and house courtyards are flooded, with water levels reaching waist and even chest height in some areas.According to the...
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