Flood situation worsens in Natore
Dhaka – The overall flood situation in Singra upazila deteriorated in Natore on Saturday as…
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Aman on 1900 hectared submerges as Atrai rises
Aman plants on around 1900 hectares of land have been washed away by flood water…
Young rhino swept from Nepal to India goes back home
An endangered one-horned rhino which was swept across the Nepalese border into India by flooding…
Deadly South Asian floods affect 16 million people
More than 16 million people have now been affected by seasonal flooding across a swathe…
Floods from one basin recede – rise from two others
Onrush of waters in one three major river basins have shown a receding trend in…
No visible govt relief for flood victims: BNP
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that the government has…
More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
Freetown, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn…
Ganges basin brings unprecedented floods to BD
Humanshu Thakkar Ganga Basin, particularly Bihar is facing unprecedented floods, starting on Aug 12, 2017.…
BNP accuses AL of making fun of flood victims
Dhaka, Aug 15 – BNP on Tuesday alleged that Awami League is making fun of…
Flood situation worsens: Rivers around Dhaka swell
Dhaka, Aug 15 – Four more people have drowned in floodwater in Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon and…
Elephants help recue hundreds of Nepal flood victims
Elephants helped rescue hundreds of tourists from a flooded jungle safari park in Nepal, officials…
20 out of 64 BD districts inundated by floods
Onrush of waters from upstream region coupled with heavy monsoon largely grasped 20 out of…
Rail link snapped: Bundhs collapse in Rangpur-Dinajpur floods
Dhaka, Aug – Rail communication of Dinajpur with Dhaka remained suspended since Sunday night as…
Maldives airports prepare plan to cope with disasters
Singapore – Media OutReach – 14 August – Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United…
DHL, UNDP to help Maldives airports face disasters
Male- Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support the…
Govt. doing nothing for flood victims
The government is taking no measures for the flood victims other than just making statements,…
Devastating flood feared from Ganges-Brahmaputra
Dhaka – Bangladesh braces for even higher, unprecedented floods. The latest satellite imagery of accumulated…
Upstream water, rain cause floods in north-northeast BD
The water level rise in different rivers of the country’s north and northeast region triggered…
US suspends search for missing marines off Australia coast
US officials say they have suspended a search and rescue operation for three marines missing…
Two Rajshahi boat capsize victims bodies recovered
Rajshahi, Aug 4 – Bodies of two students, who went missing after a boat capsized…
Rain continues causing misery to Dhaka-dwellers
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Rain between scorching heat should have been a relief for many.…
Mild tremor jolts Sylhet
Sylhet, Aug 3 – A mild earthquake shook different parts of Sylhet in the early…
Dams turning floods into disasters: Sandrp
All through the month of July, several states in India have been battling severe flood…
80pc of Bangldesh population under quake threat
Dhaka – Seventy percent of the total land area of Bangladesh is vulnerable to earthquake…
Bagerhat fish farmers bear the brunt of incessant rain
Incessant rain and unusually strong tide caused 10,560 fish enclosures of 10 upazilas in Bagerhat,…
Several days of rainfall puts Dhaka life in disarray
Roads were flooded. Traffic tailback was everywhere. Commuters were wading through rainwater. School-going children were…
How 137 million people’s lives in Asia are at flood risk
Khorsheeda Khatun had been left with nothing — then that too was washed away. The…
One killed, 4 missing in Bandarban landslides
Dhaka– A teenage girl was killed and four people went missing at Dalianpara in Ruma…
Fresh landslide kills student in BD hill district
A student of Dhaka University was killed and three others were injured on Saturday afternoon,…
Residents, tourists in Greece sleep outdoors after quake
Kos, Jul 22 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of people on the eastern Greek island of Kos…