Informes

Country Director Mr Sultan Mahmud reports: "Bangladesh is floating on water." Bangladesh has been experiencing an unprecedented flood that has already covered 60% of the geographical areas including the capital, Dhaka. More than 20 million people have become homeless, taking shelter…

Executive Summary CURRENT FLOOD SITUATION Floodwaters are rising in the central and southern districts of Bangladesh as they fall in the north-eastern and north-western districts, with the water gradually draining into the Bay of Bengal. Districts near the confluence of…

Bangladesh has called for international assistance, as river floods continue to overwhelm two-thirds of the country. Thirty million people are now affected, with over 400 dead. Forty per cent of the capital city, Dhaka, is now under water, with the…

Le Ministre des Affaires étrangères Karel De Gucht est fort préoccupé par les graves inondations au Sud de l'Asie qui ont déjà coûté la vie à plus de 1.000 victimes. Il s'associe pleinement à la douleur de la population…

World Concern is providing food and treatment to poor families devastated by recent flooding. Bangladesh is in the midst of a national crisis due to floods that have engulfed at least 50% of the entire country. The worst flooding since…

OUT LOOK The flood situation in the districts of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvi Bazar, and Netrokona and Habiganj continued improving. The flood situation in the districts of Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra, Naogaon, Pabna, Jamalpur, Mymensingh, Serajganj, Comilla Madaripur, Rajbari, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, Narshingdhi,…

Local disaster response committees are distributing FHI-donated relief items in various parts of Bangladesh, starting with in operations in Shariakandi, Bogra on July 24. FHI staff worked side-by-side with the community members to distribute emergency food packages including rice, lentils, salt,…

By Serajul Islam Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's worst monsoon floods in 15 years have badly hit agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure, damaging the impoverished country's economy. Agriculture, the biggest employer, suffered losses worth 23 billion taka ($384 million), according to preliminary…

Dhaka (dpa) - Monsoon torrents that have flooded towns and villages in Bangladesh have caused 336 deaths by Tuesday, as the country braced for more seasonal rains, officials said. More than 30 million people in northern and central regions were…

At least 100 more people are being reported killed in Bangladesh floods, taking the death toll from three weeks of devastation to almost 400 in the country, and over 1,100 in South Asia. Bangladeshi officials say new deaths were reported…