The government will not implement the second phase of the Matarbari coal-based power plant.

The death toll from flood in different parts of the country, including the northeastern region, has reached 42 with six more deaths reported in the past 24 hours until this morning (June 22, 2022), said Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A stranded flood victim gave birth to a baby today, a day after she was rescued by Bangladesh Navy from the northeastern part of the country.

A school teacher has drowned in flood water, in Madan upazila of Netrokona.

US Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing over Tk 2.3 crore ($244,680) of emergency funding to deliver critical relief to families and communities hit hardest by floods.

Prices of all food items necessary for immediate relief assistance in flood-affected areas in Sylhet have seen a sudden spike.

Bangladesh army has intensified its relief operations for the flood-affected people in Sunamganj through its nine base camps.

Dhaka may no longer be the city with world's most polluted air, but the densely populated capital's air quality still remains “unhealthy”.

The houseboats that set sail on the wetlands every monsoon for dreamy holidays in the country’s haors are now housing people, whose homes have been flooded, and delivering aid to those marooned.

Thousands of flood victims in the northern districts continue to fight for survival with little access to relief materials, and the situation is unlikely to improve today.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inspected the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona and their adjacent areas.

Shamim Ahmed, a young resident of Eklimnagar village in Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila, has been stranded with no relief since the flood hit his home six days ago.

The ongoing flood in the northwest has so far claimed at least 22 lives in Sylhet and Netrakona, with the death toll expected to go up as information from remote areas is coming to the authorities belatedly.

Ongoing floods have so far damaged 56,000 hectares of the country’s Aush paddy, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

After inspecting the flood situation in the country's northern and north-eastern districts, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced Tk 1.2 crore special allocations for the flood-affected people of Sylhet and Sunamganj.

Md Raju Mia (35), a resident of Murshibadkura village in Talimpur union on the bank of Hakaluki Haor, and his family have been battling the floods for generations. But this year's flood, caused by incessant rain and water from upstream, has put them in a tough position.

Police have recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified woman from the floodwater in Netrokona’s Kalmakanda upazila today (June 21, 2022).

Bangladesh is likely to witness more floods this monsoon, experts warn.

Four million people, including 1.6 million children, stranded by flash floods in north-eastern Bangladesh are in urgent need of help, Unicef has said.

Eklimnagar village, under Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj, has been cut off since the flood started six days ago. No food aid has yet reached the village.