The powerful typhoon hits south China after killing 15 in Taiwan

Slams UN, but backs it '100%'

Hong Kong airport may shut for 36 hours as super typhoon nears

Millions unprepared as unplanned urbanisation leaves Dhaka most exposed to catastrophic losses

Flash floods triggered by onrush of water from upstream hills left two people dead in Sherpur’s Jhenaigati and Nalitabari upazilas.

Water may recede within 48hrs, says FFWC

A 5.9 earthquake shook Dhaka and some parts of Bangladesh yesterday afternoon, according to USGS.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The death toll from deadly flash floods that swept two Indonesian islands, including tourist hotspot Bali, rose to 19 yesterday, officials said, with five others missing.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles)

Erosion by Old Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers has devoured at least 50 houses in Jamalpur's Bakshiganj upazila, said an official of Water Development Board (WDB).

Water levels of Teesta and Dudhkumar rivers start to drop

The heatwave was intensified by the burning of fossil fuels, which release planet-heating carbon emissions, they said.

Chars, riverside villages in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Nilphamari inundated

Padma in Rajshahi flowing 0.61m below the danger mark

Officials call for modern protection measures

There is no waterlogging this year, says an official of the Raozan Municipality

Around 70% of the municipality is affected if it rains for an hour

Heavy rains have inundated vast stretches of farmland across 21 districts in Barishal, Khulna, Chattogram and Dhaka divisions, leaving thousands of farmers devastated as crops and fish enclosures were washed away over the past week.

More than 100 villages remain inundated following embankment breaches at 20 points in Feni, while a fresh threat looms in the north as the rising Teesta river may trigger temporary flooding in low-lying areas of Rangpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat.