: With continuous onrush of floodwater from upstream for more than a week, the Padma river has now become closer to its danger mark affecting around 6,000 people and devouring 273 dwelling houses i

Erosion by the River Padma devoured around 150 homesteads and over 1000 bighas of cropland under Sujanagar and Ishwardi upazilas in the last one week.

The massive and unabated erosion in the river Padma has been posing a serious threat to the city protection embankment, officials and others concerned here said.

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The Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Project yesterday started supplying water for Irri-boro cultivation on around 1.16 lakh hectares of land in Kushtia, Jhenidah, Magura and Chuadanga districts.

The World Bank will provide a financial assistance of Rs 1,250 crore for minor irrigation schemes in West Bengal to help the State raise farm sector output, the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherje

A vast area in Faridpur Sadar upazilla situated on the river bank Padma were inundated with rise of water level in the river during last two days.

Around 2,428 hectares of cultivable land and 413 hectares of settlement on the banks of Jamuna, Ganges and Padma rivers will disappear due to erosion this year.

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) have made the prediction through analysing satellite images.

BWDB has started protective works in several vulnerable a