August 26, 2020 8:05 PM

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Flood situation improves in Bangladesh

<span style="color: #222222;">With most of the rivers in Bangladesh flowing below danger level and marking a downward trend, flood situation has improved across the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As per the latest flood bulletin released by the Flood Forecast and Warning Centre (FFWC) at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, rivers were flowing above danger level only at two points out of the total 101 points monitored by it. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dhaleswari at Elasin and Padma at Goalundo were flowing above the danger mark till afternoon on Wednesday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Over the four river basins in the country, water level receded at 60 monitoring locations while it showed an increase at 29 points.<br />'' <br />'' Most of the rivers in the Brahmaputra, Meghna and South Easter hill region basins showed a fall in the water level as on Wednesday.<br />'' <br />'' Buriganga marked a rise at both the points at Dhaka and Hariharpur while Padma water level rose at Bhagyakul, Mewa and Sureswar. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meghna river showed an increasing trend at Narsingdi, Baidyar Bazar and Meghna bridge.<br />'' <br />'' The FFWC has forecast that water level will remain steady in the Ganges-Padma river basin while the water level is expected to steadily fall in the Brahmaptura-Jamuna basin during the next 7 days.<br />'' <br />'' Bangladesh has undergone one of the longest floods this year which affected over 5 million people at its peak.</span><br />''  

July 31, 2019 4:28 PM

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Flood situation improves in Bangladesh

<span style="color: #222222;">The flood situation in Bangladesh is improving as most of the major rivers are receding. <br />'' <br />'' According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), the water level in all the major rivers of the country is falling and will continue to do so in the next 72 hours. <br />'' <br />'' Out of 93 points monitored by the FFWC, the water level has fallen at 72 points while it has risen at 18 points since yesterday.<br />'' <br />'' Relief operation by the government is continuing. The disaster management and relief ministry has distributed 27,850 tonnes of rice and 1.15 lakh packets of dry food for the flood-affected people across the country.<br />'' <br />'' More than 6 million people in 28 districts of Bangladesh have been affected by floods. Reports from various parts of the country indicate that death toll due to floods in Bangladesh has crossed 100 this year.</span><br />''  <br />

July 20, 2019 8:25 AM

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Flood situation improves in Bangladesh

<span style="color: #222222;">Flood situation in Bangladesh has improved with water level decreasing in most of the rivers except Jamuna and Ganges-Padma. According to Water Development Board (WDB) of Bangladesh water level of Jamuna is also likely to fall in the next 24 hours but Ganges and Padma may continue to rise.</span><br />

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