বাংলাদেশে প্রধান সবকটি নদীর পানি বাড়ায় আগামী দু-তিনদিনে বন্যা পরিস্থিতির আরো অবনতি হওয়ার আশঙ্কা করা হচ্ছে। [Read more]

UNB, Dhaka
Flood situation deteriorated in parts of the country yesterday, as many rivers continued to swell further.The official Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said more low-lying areas in the districts of Sirajganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka district, Shibganj and Sadar of Chapai-Nawabganj district are likely to inundate [...]

BSS, Dhaka
The overall flood situation in the country, affecting 13 districts in the north and the central region, has remained ‘alarming,’ the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said today, warning that it may deteriorate further by next 2-3 days as the three major river systems have continued rising together.The Brahmaputra-Jamuna, the Ganges-Padma and the [...]

Syful Islam
The Government has asked the scheduled banks to lend up to Tk 95 billion against last years Tk 85.5 billion with a view to help increase production in agriculture sector considering the rise in food price, central bank sources said.This year’s allocation is 14.5 per cent higher than previous year. Last year the [...]

BSS, Dhaka
The overall flood situation in the country has turn alarming and it is likely to deteriorate during the next 2-3 days as the major rivers have continued to rise along with the north eastern rivers, swelled by heavy rains for the past few days, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) officials said.Both the Brahmaputra-Jamuna [...]

At least 20 people were feared dead after an overloaded rescue boat capsized in flood-hit eastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are marooned, officials said Saturday. [Read more]

AFP, Saharsa
Tens of thousands of people have fled to safer areas but more than a million were still trapped in floods after a river changed its course due to heavy rains, an official said Thursday.At least two million people were marooned when the Kosi river breached its banks and flooded huge swathes of the eastern [...]

A strong earthquake shook central Indonesia on Tuesday, causing tall buildings in the capital to sway and briefly prompting a tsunami alert, authorities and witnesses said. [Read more]

Chittagong Correspondent
The sinking of the vessel at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong port with 3.6 tonnes of rice worth about Tk 11 crore on August 20 has raised questions in different quarters as the incident took place at a time when the government has been frantically endeavouring to replenish the country’s depleting [...]

Eleven people were killed when a river in eastern China flooded after a severe tropical storm lashed part of the country, state media reported. [Read more]