Thousands of people are marooned in different areas of the country as flood waters have inundated localities, snapping road communications.
Thousands of others have lost their homes to river erosion and many are passing their days amid an acute crisis of potable water.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) in its latest bulletin said the Brahmaputra River is in a steady state while the Jamuna River is on a rising trend. Meanwhile, the Jamuna may remain steady along with the Ganges River. However, the Padma River has been rising.
The Surma-Kushiyara rivers in the north-eastern region of the country are in a steady state, as a result of which the flood situation in the low-lying areas of Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogra, Serajganj and Tangail districts may improve within a day or two.
In Kurigram, around 7,000 people are marooned and have been struggling without drinking water and cooked food.
Over the past two days, 60-80 houses were swept away by the Brahmaputra River due to intense erosion in Chilmari upazila's Nayarhat and Shakhahati chars.
In Gaibandha, the flood situation in river basin areas, particularly chars and downstream, has deteriorated further with the rise in the water level of the Brahmaputra due to rain and onrush of hilly waters from upstream.
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials said the water level of the Brahmaputra River rose by 7cm. The waters were flowing 26cm above the danger level at Fulchharighat point at 9am.
Sources have said that over 8,000 people of the chars have been marooned, trapped in intense suffering as boats and rafts have become the only means of movement in the chars.
Due to the floods, crops on 120 hectares of land of the upazila went under floodwaters, making the char dwellers more worried about their food security.
In Jamalpur, the flood situation has deteriorated further due to a continuous rise in the water level in the river Jamuna affecting about 34 thousand 420 people in the district.
WDB sources said during the last 24 hours the water level of the river Jamuna rose by 5cm and the river was flowing 30cm above the red mark at Bahadurabad ghat point till 9am.
According to the District Relief and Rehabilitation Office (DRRO), floodwaters have affected 7500 people in two unions of Dewanganj Upazila and 26,920 people in six unions in Islampur Upazila.
Floodwaters also inundated 25 kilometers of roads in Islampur Upazila. The waters entered 25 educational institutions.
A similar situation was witnessed in Tangail, where the Jhinai, Jamuna and Dhaleshwari rivers are flowing above the danger level. As a result, floodwaters have inundated low lying areas and many houses have disappeared into rivers.
In Bogra, river erosion has taken a serious turn on the banks of the Sariakandi. As a result at least 30 families have now become homeless in the district.
Meanwhile, a farmer named Ishaq Howladar (60) was killed by a lightning strike in Ponabalia Union of Sadar Upazila of Jhalakathi district.
The incident took place late on Friday afternoon while he was planting seeds in the paddy field.
In Faridpur, a 3-kiometer-long area has been severely affected by river erosion on the bank of Padma. At least 200 houses in Sadarpur area have gone under water already.
Our correspondents Nazmul Huda Nasim from Bogra, Bishwajit Deb from Jamalpur, Anisur Rahman Swapan from Barisal, Rashedul Hasan Kajal and Abdullah Al Numan from Tangail contributed to the report.
