CropsCanal dredging eases waterlogging as Khulna region beats its aman target
Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira and Narail planted aman on 290,010 hectares against a target of 289,859; the region aims for 856,974 tonnes of rice.
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VegetablesNabinagar farmers grow gourds on floating beds over land drowned each monsoon
About 20 bighas of waterlogged land in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria, grow vegetables on floating platforms this season, and more than 200 farmers have been trained in the method.
EnvironmentRain floods 200 villages in Bhabodah, over 100,000 people stranded; campaigners demand TRM
Months of rain have overflowed the beels of Abhaynagar, Manirampur and Keshabpur in Jessore and low parts of Dumuria and Phultala in Khulna; a campaign committee wants tidal river management started before Maghi Purnima and the Amdanga canal dug.
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Keshabpur clears fishing barriers from a canal, saving 600 bighas of aman rice
Once bamboo fences and nets were removed from the Kata canal at Komorpur in Keshabpur, Jashore, water drained from Padma beel and nearby beels, saving 600 bighas of aman; 4,000 metres of banned China duari nets were seized.
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Dumuria villagers protest as two encroached canals drop off dredging list
Two canals in Gutudia union of Dumuria, Khulna, have been filled in for roads and buildings; villagers who fear waterlogged farmland protested after the pair were dropped from the excavation list.
Environment
Plan to revive Dhaka's five rivers and 55 canals with tree planting and walkways
State Minister Mir Shahe Alam says work is under way to clean Dhaka's five surrounding rivers and 55 canals of the two city corporations, restore flow, protect banks and plant trees, with sewage treatment plants planned.
Vegetables
Floodwater ruins vegetable plots on the Padma chars in Rajshahi
Vegetable plots on the chars of Pabna upazila in Rajshahi are under water, ruining crops before they could be harvested.
Vegetables
Flooding and rain sink Munshiganj's Tk 20 crore vegetable-seedling trade as seedlings rot
The district DAE puts the August-December seedling trade on about 10 hectares at Panchasar at Tk 15-20 crore; with fields waterlogged, farmers cannot transplant and buyers have stopped coming, while heavy rain rots cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, tomato, brinjal and chilli seedlings under their bamb
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Patuakhali targets 190,000 hectares of Aman as farmers replant from backup seedbeds after 170 hectares were lost to July-August flooding
Depressions, monsoon rain and tidal water flooded low-lying parts of the coastal district and damaged Aman seedbeds and summer vegetables, but transplanting is now in full swing; a Bauphal farmer has gone from 60 to 80 kathas, and officials say a favourable season could beat the target and set a pro
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Tired of waiting, Gaibandha farmers dig their own canal to drain 300 waterlogged acres
More than 200 people in Kuptala and Kholahati unions of Gaibandha Sadar re-excavated and cleared an old canal in Jhinia beel by voluntary labour after years of waterlogging ruined boro and aman harvests.
Fruits
Three years of standing water kill Jamalpur's 66-year-old litchi orchard
More than 150 litchi trees in an orchard planted with 137 trees in 1960 have died with their roots under water, while five neighbourhoods of the municipality spend seven to eight months of the year waterlogged.
CropsHow waterlogging damages soil and crops, and what farmers can do
Standing 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.
EnvironmentWaterlogging drives snakes into homes and kitchens in Rupganj, Narayanganj
In July 2026, residents of Rupganj in Narayanganj said waterlogging after days of rain was bringing snakes into bedrooms, kitchens and cowsheds almost daily; the upazila health officer urged bite victims to come quickly to hospital.