The flood situation across the country continues to have devastating effects on people claiming 251 lives so far, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).  

The death tally from flood has reached 202 as the country recorded four more flood-related deaths on Wednesday. 

The ongoing flood in the country claimed eight more lives in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 169 on Friday.

Flood claimed ten more lives in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 145.

Around 11.14 lakh families have been affected and remain waterlogged, while 135 lives have so far been lost in the country’s current bout of flooding that set in during the last week of June.

Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, is being celebrated in Bangladesh as the country grapples with the Covid-19 outbreak and floods inflict untold sufferings to hundreds of thousands of people.

A teenager drowned in Jamuna River as the overall flood condition of the country worsened further on Friday, as water levels of major rivers kept rising.

A child drowned on Monday as the overall flood condition worsened due to persistent swelling of the major Rivers in the country.