The Teesta began to recede in Nilphamari on 5 August as upstream rain and hill runoff eased, but fear remains after the water damaged seasonal vegetables, groundnut and maize.
Food has been distributed among 300 families affected by the recent flood in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says heavy monsoon rain may cause short-term floods in parts of the north, north-east and south-east in August, and a depression may form in the Bay of Bengal.
Thirty tonnes of GR rice allocated for flood victims in Nageshwari, Kurigram, has lain in a warehouse for more than a month without being distributed, local representatives allege.
CropsStanding water starves soil of oxygen, strips out nitrogen and builds up toxic compounds. Amid the floods and heavy rain of July 2026, an SRDI soil scientist set out drainage, organic matter and soil-test-based fertiliser as the remedies.
Floods from a week of continuous rain and hill runoff damaged 3,675 hectares of farmland in Rangamati, causing Tk 61.45 crore in losses.
State Minister Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said the government is giving top priority to rehabilitating farmers hit by natural disasters as he toured flood-damaged Patiya.
Recent floods from heavy rain and hill runoff destroyed crops worth about Tk 478 crore across 43 districts, with vegetables accounting for about half the loss.
Market ManagementContinuous rain and floods unsettled Dhaka's kitchen markets in July 2026: a Jagonews24 survey published on 24 July found most vegetables, fish, eggs, onions and green chillies Tk 20 to Tk 200 a kilogram dearer within a week, with green chillies at Tk 280 to Tk 300.
Border Guard Bangladesh distributed relief goods and gave free medical treatment to more than 500 people hit by heavy rain and hill-water flooding in Sunamganj.
EnvironmentOn 20 July 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said floods could develop or worsen within 24 to 48 hours in low-lying riverside areas of the Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Rajshahi regions, with flash floods possible in places.
Heavy to very heavy rain may cause floods in eight districts in the next 24 to 72 hours, with rivers flowing at warning level and low-lying areas at risk of inundation.
EnvironmentOn 18 July 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre warned that heavy rain could bring short-term floods within 24 to 72 hours to low-lying riverside areas of five Rangpur division districts and of Sylhet and Sunamganj.
