A total of 54 people, including six women and seven children, died in the ongoing floods in nine districts until yesterday, the disaster management and relief ministry said in its latest release.

A total of 1.83 crore people in the country have been affected by natural disasters, including cyclones and floods, over the four months from May to August, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Whenever a flood takes place, the full extent of its damage cannot be mostly understood until the water recedes.

Nearly 5,000 flood-affected residents in Kolakopa village of Laxmipur have been completely cut off by water in the ongoing flood.

Relief, rehabilitation efforts largely inadequate

More than 54 lakh affected in 11 districts, says disaster management ministry

A week into the ongoing flood situation in the country, outbreaks of waterborne disease are being reported from affected districts.

The UK government has announced an additional £450,000 (Tk 7 crore) of humanitarian aid to support over 36,000 flood-affected people in eastern Bangladesh, where more than five million people have been affected

The extent of devastation from the floods is becoming  visible as the waters are receding.

Inadequate logistics continue to plague relief distribution along the eastern flank of Bangladesh that has been ravaged by the recent flood. Although the government has allocated food relief and cash -- 20,650 tonnes of rice and Tk 3.52 crore -- many among the 5.6 million flood victims of 11 districts are yet to benefit from it.

Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e-Azam today said no new areas have been flooded after India opened 109 gates of Farakka barrage

Flood situation has improved slightly in different upazilas of Chattogram as the district experienced no heavy rain in the past 24 hours till 8:00am today

Concern Worldwide Country Director Manish Kumar Agrawal has said they are utilising local knowledge and expertise to efficiently manage the flood situation in Bangladesh, and post-flood operations are aligned with the call of the interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus

Despite slight improvements in the flood situation in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram, residents of six unions remain waterlogged

When Tuhin Rana heard last week that his remote village in Noakhali was being flooded, he called his parents and wife who just gave birth to a daughter and told them to stay safe.

Over Tk 5.23 crore have been collected over the last four days by the students for flood-affected people across the country, said the anti-discrimination student movement this evening

Student organisers today said that the relief materials for flood victims will now be collected at the central field of Dhaka University instead of at TSC, where only cash and medicine will be collected

Cumilla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) have declared general holyday for two days from today (Sunday) as the flood situation in Cumilla deteriorated

Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, yesterday said power supply in flood-affected areas will be restored soon after the water recedes

Millions of people were still left without electricity and any means of communication, and relief materials had not reached many remote areas where families were stranded in flooded villages for days.