Two persons died and over 36 lakh people have been affected as the ongoing flood hit 10 districts due to onrush of upstream water and nonstop rain over the last few days.
One person died in Feni and other one in Brahmanbaria district in the flood, according latest updates on ongoing flood issued by Disaster Management and Relief Ministry.
The ongoing flood hit 495 unions under 65 upazilas in 10 districts leaving 5,86,040 families as stranded and 36,45,552 people as affected.
Feni, Cumilla, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Chattogram, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet and Lakshmipur districts have been affected in the ongoing flood since August 20.
A total of 82694 people and 7755 cattle were given shelter to 2246 shelter centers while 506 medical teams have been formed and 492 of those are working to provide treatment to affected people in the 10 flood-hit districts.
Taka 3,32,00,000 (cash), 19650 metric tons of rice and 15,000 packets of dry foods have been allotted.
Bangladesh inward remittance inflow has witnessed a massive 36 per cent surge amounting to US$406 million in the first 20 days of August 2024 compared to the same period last year.
During the first 20 days, Bangladesh received a total of $1.5 billion in inward remittance. The amount was $1.12 billion during the same period last year.
The central bank data also reveals that in just one day, on August 20, expatriates sent $109 million.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur on Thursday informed that the digital banking license for Nagad Digital Bank PLC has been suspended and the central bank will review the process.
“The Nagad digital banking licence has been put on hold while we conduct a thorough review. If they qualify as per the central bank review process, they will receive the license,” he told reporters at a press briefing at the central bank headquarters in the city, reports BSS.
The central bank awarded the digital banking licence to Nagad in October last year.
A UN OHCHR team in Dhaka has said the purpose of its visit to Bangladesh is to understand the interim government priorities for assistance in promoting human rights, not for an investigation.
Rory Mungoven, chief of the Asia Pacific region at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, is leading the team, which met Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Thursday after its arrival in Dhaka.
“I am visiting with a small team this week to really hold some preliminary discussions, exploratory discussions with the government about ways in which our office can support the interim government,” Mungoven told journalists after the meeting.
“Our visit this week is not an investigation. It is really an exploratory visit to discuss with the interim government, with the advisors, with some of the ministries, with the civil society, with this broad section of Bangladesh society, to hear your priorities, your needs going forward and explore some areas where the office of the high commissioner could assist, including in the area of fact-finding and investigation.”