Haor residents at a human chain in front of the National Press Club alleged widespread irregularities and corruption in crop protection embankments and called for scientific research.
An embankment on Boala haor in Sunamganj's Madhyanagar broke on 2 May, letting water in over boro paddy; officials and farmers give different figures for the loss.
Rain returned to Sunamganj on 2 May as forecast, raising river and haor levels and leaving farmers struggling to dry and harvest their paddy.
Continuous rain and upstream water raised most of Kishoreganj's rivers in 24 hours, with about 7,000 hectares of haor boro paddy already under water.
Rivers in Kishoreganj rose over 24 hours with continuous rain and upstream runoff, submerging Boro paddy on about 6,500 hectares in the district's haors.
Frequent rain has been submerging ripe paddy in Habiganj's haors, with 600 hectares going under in a single day, though the sun came out on Thursday.
The sun appeared in Sunamganj after about four days, letting farmers dry their paddy, but the Water Development Board says the risk of flooding remains.
Continuous rain and hill runoff are raising water levels in Netrokona's haors, submerging ripe paddy and threatening cut crops that cannot be dried.
Several days of heavy rain have submerged Boro paddy in most of Sunamganj's haors, leaving farmers who depend on this single crop in despair.
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.
Kishoreganj recorded 160 millimetres of rain in 24 hours, submerging about 3,000 hectares of boro paddy in the haors, according to the agriculture department.
CropsTwo days of continuous rain and hill runoff on 28 and 29 April 2026 put ripe boro paddy under water across Kamalganj, Rajnagar and Sadar upazilas of Moulvibazar, while the DAE said 83 percent of the haor crop but only 17 percent of the non-haor crop had been cut.
Two days of rough weather and rain have disrupted boro harvesting and threshing in Moulvibazar, raising fears of waterlogging and an early flood.
