The recent floods in northern Bangladesh are now affecting farmers in five districts of the greater Rangpur region as significant amounts of land in the economically disadvantaged area have gone underwater.

Tamanna Khatun, an 11-year-old, was found alone waiting for her parents in their flood-hit home in Sirajganj Sadar upazila’s Kawakhola union.

Thousands of people in 93 unions -- one-third of the total 336 in Sylhet division -- suffer immensely as no humanitarian aid could reach them as yet.

A total of 24 people have died due to flood across the country in the last 24 hours till morning today (June 23, 2022).

The UK has released additional emergency funding of £442,548 (over Tk 5 crore) to support communities affected by the ongoing flood in Sylhet division.

Academic activities of 337 educational institutions – 307 in Kurigram and 30 in Lalmonirhat – have remained suspended for one week due to the ongoing flood.

At least 42 people have died in the devastating floods that have hit the country’s northern and northeastern districts, while lakhs are stranded as new areas are inundated every day.

An estimated 2,000 homes have been destroyed by the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, and a lack of machinery is hampering a rush to find survivors, a UN envoy said Wednesday.

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.

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.