Padma-River

Water levels in the Padma River are rising at the Rajshahi point. The water is overflowing the riverbanks and entering char areas. Houses, courtyards and roads are being submerged. In some areas, people are struggling to keep their livestock safe. Elsewhere, they are boarding boats in search of safer shelter. The Padma River water level in Rajshahi is now nearing the danger level. The danger level of the Padma in Rajshahi is 18.5 meters. At 3 pm on Friday (September 11), the river water l...

The river Padma had a smell that Kalachand knew better than his own mother’s voice. It was the smell of silt and rain and something older, something that lived under the water and only came up in whispers when the monsoon thickened the current. He had been born on its bank, in a tin roofed house that leaned toward the water as though it too wanted to drown, and for forty-three years he had pulled nets from that same brown water without once being afraid of it. That changed the year the hi...

A major tragedy was narrowly avoided as passengers had already disembarked before a bus plunged into the Padma River at Daulatdia ferry terminal in Rajbari. Just two and a half months after a bus sinking incident at the same terminal that killed 26 people and shocked the nation, another accident occ...

A passenger bus fell into the river at Daulatdia’s 7th ferry terminal in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari. The incident occurred on Friday morning. Goalanda Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sathi Das confirmed the matter. The UNO said that the bus driver, helper, and supervisor were rescued and sent to...