Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University's horticulture department will distribute 20,000 free vegetable seedlings to 500 marginal farmers hit by flash floods in Cumilla and Feni.
Flash floods after a Dhalai river embankment breach in Kamalganj have buried farmland under sand and destroyed about 32 lakh grafted tomato seedlings.
The Ansar and Village Defence Party distributed free Aman rice seedlings to 400 flood-affected farmers in Cumilla and Feni districts.
An FAO delegation met Bangladesh's agriculture adviser to discuss flood damage to agriculture, technical support and diversifying farm exports.
Floods in Feni wiped out poultry farms across Sonagazi, leaving farmers with dead birds, rotten eggs, debts to companies and bank loans they cannot repay.
Floodwater from the Muhuri river has dumped sand up to 6 feet deep on farmland in Feni, and farmers fear they will not be able to grow crops for years.
Snakes driven out by severe flooding have bitten 112 people across Lakshmipur in 10 days, 80 of them treated at the Sadar hospital.
Teachers and students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University have started raising rice seedlings and vegetable seed to hand out free to flood-affected farmers.
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter visited flood-damaged fish and poultry farms in Chauddagram, Cumilla, and promised full support to the farmers.
The home and agriculture adviser has called for the real extent of flood damage to farming to be assessed quickly, with support and rehabilitation for farmers.
With the ongoing flood damaging crops across the country, this guide sets out what farmers should do once the water recedes.
Wildlife photographer and researcher Adnan Azad Asif explains how people in flood-hit areas can protect themselves from snakes and what to do after a bite.
After Cyclone Remal killed a record number of animals in the Sundarbans, conservationists say Bangladesh has no effective plan to keep wildlife safe in disasters.
