The flood will only add insult to the injuries of the city residents, who have already been suffering due to waterlogging in low lying areas. The western zone of the city is bearing the brunt with severe situations at Dholaikhal and Pagla.

The flood situation in the north-eastern part of the country also deteriorated yesterday with water levels rising in major rivers including the Jamuna and Padma, inundating many new areas.

Meanwhile, the army set up monitoring cells at its central and divisional headquarters to better coordinate the operations of rescue and rehabilitation of flood victims, which have been going on since July 23.

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said the Turag River is likely to rise by 8cm at Mirpur in the capital, while the Buriganga is likely to rise by 14cm. The Balu at Demra is likely to rise by 12cm while Tongi Canal at Tongi is likely to rise by 9cm.

The Sitalakkhya River is likely to rise by 12cm at Narayanganj, FFWC said yesterday apprehending that the rivers are likely to approach danger levels in the next two to three days.

The Brahmaputra-Jamuna also continued to rise at all points yesterday flowing 6cm, 60cm and 17cm above danger levels at Bahadurabad, Sirajganj and Aricha respectively posing a threat of inundation to the low lying areas of Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra and Jamalpur.

The Ganges-Padma also continued to rise at down stream points flowing 46cm and 23cm above danger levels at Goalundo and Bhagyakul respectively. More areas in the districts of Manikganj, Munshiganj, Faridpur, Rajbari, Madaripur, and Shariatpur, and in Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka are likely to get inundated.

Our correspondent from Pabna reported that Nagarbari-Aricha ferry service remained suspended in the last two days. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) officials said they are shifting Nagarbari ferry terminal 200 metres from Pratappur point.

The intermittent rainfall that continued for the third consecutive day yesterday, caused waterlogging in the low laying areas of the district headquarters.

Our correspondent from Sirajganj reported that around 200 villages in 55 unions of the district are now reeling under water including 10 villages in the municipality area, as 60 metres of a dam at Khokshabari point on the western part of Jamuna got washed away yesterday.

Moreover, eight bridges, including a portion of Nailsapara Bailey Bridge, collapsed disrupting road link between Sirajganj and Kazipur. Agricultural Adviser CS Karim visited the area.

Our correspondent from Chandpur reported that ferry service between Chandpur and Shariatpur have been suspended since Thursday, as Horina ferry terminal got flooded.

A Shariatpur bound ferry with 12 buses, and goods laden trucks on board ran aground at a shoal in mid-Meghna Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Our staff correspondent from Bogra reported that around 50,000 people of Sariakandi and Dhunat upazilas were marooned, most of the seasonal crops in the area were damaged, and fishes in ponds were washed away. Thousands of people in the area took shelter on higher places.

Explosion in an electric transformer a week ago also brought added sufferings for the marooned people, while Baniajan spur there is running the risk of collapsing due to the rising Jamuna at Dhunat.

Our correspondent from Netrakona reported that 48 unions of eight upazilas got flooded leaving more than one lakh people marooned. Many of the marooned people took shelters on highlands in flood shelters.

The newly affected unions are Thakurakona union of Netrakona Sadar, Nayekpur, Jahangirpur and Gobindshree unions of Madan upazila, Kailati and kalmakanda Sadar union of Kalmakanda Sadar upazila, Netrakona Water Development Board (WDB) officials said.

Around 75 educational institutions were forced to close down their operations due to the flood. On rush of water from hilly areas across the border, and erosion along the bank of the River Someswari in Durgapur upazila, damaged one kilometre flood protection embankment at Kullagora.

Local administration sources said 10 flood shelters were opened in Kalmakanda and Durgapur upazilas yesterday.

A correspondent from Comilla reported that WDB yesterday identified 28 risky points on 140km embankments on both banks of the River Gomti, which was flowing 1.3cm above the danger level. WDB also started repairing 125 points on the dam where water had been leaking through.

The upazilas affected the worst by the flood are Chouddagram, Laksam, Nangolkoat, Sadar South, Muradnagar, Barura, Burichang and Chandina.

According to the Department of Agricultural Extension, aus paddy on 13,625 hectares of land, vegetables on 2370 hectares of land, aman seedbed on 1,770 hectares of land, and T-aman on 21 hectares of land went under floodwater, while fishes worth of Tk 77 lakh got washed away.

Reports received from Lalmonirhat said over 50,000 people were marooned there by a flood caused by rising water level in the Teesta, which flowed 30cm above the danger level yesterday, while a flood protection embankment of Kalikapur collapsed.

The district administration distributed 20kg of rice each to 1,500 families. The army is assisting the local administration to move the marooned people to higher places.

Around 1,000 people were marooned due to a flood caused by the rising Tangan River, which yesterday flowed above the danger level. Several thousand acres of standing aman also went under water.

The Dharala River at Kurigram was flowing 3cm above the danger level yesterday, while a big part of the 2km WDB embankment at Kajaldanga and Putimari was damaged inundating about 10 villages in Chitalmari. Around 70,000 people in four upazilas were marooned.

Our correspondent from Nilphamari reported that more than 10,000 people were marooned in the district by a flood caused by the rising Teesta, and due to an onrush of water from India as it kept all the gates of its Gojal Doba Barrage opened.

Most of the houses of those villages are under two to three feet of water. The people of those villages are suffering from want of food, drinking water, and fodder for animals.

Upazila administration sources said they allotted 6 metric tons of rice and 30 cartons of biscuits for 2,175 flood affected families of five unions.