Hearing that flood submerged her daughter’s house, Nazmun Nesa and her son Abdur Rahman went to visit the former. But on the way back home, the mother and son were washed away by the strong current of floodwater on Friday (June 17, 2022).

The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.

A man who was injured yesterday (June 20, 2022) while trying to collect relief dropped from an Air Force helicopter at Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj died this morning (June 21, 2022) in hospital.

After a marked improvement in recent times, Dhaka’s air quality slipped back to the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” zone today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (June 21, 2022) inspected the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and adjacent areas.

Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers raced to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday (June 20) and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis in winter if stores are not refilled.

La Nina is moderately active in the Pacific Ocean this year. This would cause more rains across the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins ultimately leading to more floods, said Dr Rashed Chowdhury in an interview with The Daily Star.

Floodwaters in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat have damaged huge amounts of hay, which would have been used as fodder for livestock.

Household loss and damage due to natural disasters saw nearly tenfold increase in 2015-2020 compared to that in 2009-2014, says a report of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The flood situation in the northern region and low-lying parts of Dhaka division is likely to worsen in the coming days, officials and experts said yesterday.

“Sir, please note down my name. I have five daughters and we have been going hungry for two days.”

As the flood situation worsens in the northern districts, thousands of people are passing hard days amid food and drinking water shortage.

Electricity supply returned to parts of Sunamganj town this afternoon, four days after power lines were cut off all over the district on Thursday following heavy flood caused by upstream water and heavy rainfall.

Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) said the government’s process of setting fuel price without holding any public hearing is “illegal”.

The lighting system in the approach area of ​​Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport runway that remained underwater due to the flood, is now being tested.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, currently visiting India, met the country’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi – to discuss bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.

At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany, airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how much gasoline he’s getting rise, too. But much more slowly. Painfully slowly.

Nine villages have been flooded in Fulgazi upazila of Feni as the dam on Muhuri river was damaged at three points due to continuous rain and onrush of water from the hills.

Cry for relief is getting louder in Sylhet and Sunamganj as at least 40 lakh people remain stranded due to flood in the two districts and over 3 lakh of them have taken refuge at different shelters.

At least nine people died due to flood, lightning and electrocution in Sylhet division.