Flash floods and heavy rains have left several districts in the northern and northeastern part of the country since the beginning of July. Minister Chowdhury said on Tuesday that the floods have affected the districts of Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Cox's Bazar, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Bogra, Jamalpur and Sirajganj. He added more districts may be affected if the flood waters in the north recede to the central part of the country. According to him, they have distributed 4,000 tonnes of rice, 18,500 packets of dry food and disbursed Tk 10.95 million in cash to marooned people in 13 districts between Jul 3 and 11. The minister said he will be starting to visit the flood-affected areas in the northern part of the country on Thursday.

Source: bd News24 July 12, 2017 08:03 UTC