Heavy rain could bring floods to five districts in the north-east, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said, with several rivers already above the pre-monsoon danger level.
A flash-flood forecast has spread fear among Netrokona's haor farmers, who are rushing to cut half-ripe boro paddy despite diesel and labour shortages.
Fearing an early flood as upstream rain raises Netrokona's rivers, the Water Development Board is urging haor farmers by loudspeaker to cut ripe paddy fast.
CropsBoro farmers in Netrokona's haors told Jagonews24 in April 2026 that some traders were taking 42 to 45 kg of paddy for each 40 kg maund, which they called a new 'oppression'; traders blamed wet paddy and food officials said they would look into it.
CropsWith heavy rain upstream in Cherrapunji, India, threatening hill runoff, the Bangladesh Water Development Board on 22 April 2026 advised Netrokona haor farmers to cut their ripe Boro paddy quickly.
Early rain and waterlogging have damaged low-lying boro fields in Netrokona's haors, and fuel and labour shortages are adding to farmers' costs as the harvest begins.
Heavy rain has waterlogged haors across Netrokona, submerging unripe boro paddy two weeks before harvest and leaving thousands of farmers in despair.
Days of heavy rain, storms and hail have caused waterlogging and cracked embankments in Netrokona's haors, leaving farmers afraid an early flood will destroy their boro crop.
CropsA Netrokona man who lost his job in Narayanganj in 2020 trained with BSCIC, started with 25 bee boxes on a Tk 1 lakh loan and by January 2026 was collecting mustard honey from 150 boxes in Islampur, Jamalpur, Jagonews24 reported.
A six-year-old schoolboy, Raihan Mia, died after being bitten by a venomous snake at his home in Kalmakanda, Netrokona.
With water still filling Netrokona's haors and many sluice gates out of order, farmers fear late Boro planting will leave the crop exposed to early flash floods.
Flood water has begun to recede in Netrokona, but many returning home find their houses wrecked and their paddy and rice spoilt, leaving them struggling for food.
A barking deer that strayed from a border forest into a village in Kalmakanda, Netrokona, has been rescued and released into a deep forest in Durgapur.
