Dwoha Chowdhury

With the weather forecast indicating deterioration of the flood situation in the north-eastern region, the demand for relief is increasing in the affected areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj.

Water level in the Surma and Kushiyara rivers receding at four points provided some relief to people in flood affected areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj but they are afraid of more rain and long-term waterlogging.

As the Surma and the Kushiyara keep rising, more and more areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj are going under water every day and large number of flood victims suffering from scarcity of food and drinking water.

Over 50,000 families in the country’s north-eastern region are without electricity since Tuesday evening after a power station in Sylhet city was submerged by floodwater.

Residents in Sylhet city have been enduring power outage following waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall since yesterday (May 17, 2022).

The flood situation in Sylhet has further deteriorated yesterday as the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers started flowing above the danger level.

“Most paddy fields in our village are under water. We are not only facing food shortage but also lacking fodder for our cattle. Had the flood happened after two weeks, we could have harvested at least enough to feed ourselves,”

The attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is “religious terrorism” to silence those who speaks and writes about freethinking, progressiveness, science, and religious superstitions.

As most crop protection levees are on the verge of collapse due to flash floods, haor farmers in the north-eastern districts are harvesting ripe and half-ripe Boro paddy with combine harvesters.

2014 unfolded a dark chapter in Moynul Islam Munna’s career. Despite being at his peak, Munna’s career as a badminton player came to a

Hundreds of farmers in the northeastern region of the country continued to suffer immensely because of the flash flood.

Farmers of Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrakona and Sylhet grow Boro on around 4 lakh hectares every year, but the government has been spending money on the vital levees that protect them on a piecemeal basis.

Farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing huge financial loss in this Boro season because of flash floods.

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in upstream Meghalaya might damage paddy fields on 4.02 lakh hectares in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona, and Kishoreganj.

Hundreds of haor farmers in Sunamganj, Netrakona and Kishoreganj are left distraught after about 700 hectares of paddy fields became inundated in the last four days.

The killers of Ananta Bijoy Das wanted to stop him writing and also to silence those who champion the cause of free speech.

Honouring the Language Movement of 1952, a 15-day theatre festival opened at Kabi Nazrul Auditorium in Sylhet on February 24.

The custodial torture of Wazir Mia, who died from injuries in Sunamganj on Monday, was plotted by a sub-inspector over a feud with a UP member related to the policeman, alleged the victim’s family.

The man, whose death has sparked protests in Sunamganj, was brutally tortured in custody at Shantiganj Police Station, said two witnesses.

The beauty is spellbinding around the 20-kilometre road that connects Madhyanagar Sadar to bordering Mohish Khola bazar in Sunamganj.