City Desk :
Water levels at 17 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 87 stations recorded fall.
Among the 109 monitored river stations, five have been registered steady and water level at all river stations is flowing below the danger level, a bulletin issued by the FFWC said in Dhaka on Saturday.
All the major rivers of the country are in falling trend which may continue in the next 72 hours.
There is no risk of flood in the major river basins of the country in next 5 days, it added, reports BSS.
Significant rainfall was recorded at some stations in different districts during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today.
A total of 79 mm (millimeter) rainfalls were recorded at Zakiganj (Sylhet) and 60mm at Lalakhal (Sylhet), the FFWC bulletin added.
No significant rainfalls was recorded during last 24 hours in Sikkim,
Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura regions of North-East India, the bulletin added.
Vast swathes of northern and northeastern parts of Bangladesh were badly affected by devastating flooding on June 15, which is the worst one since 2004. Heavy downpour inside Bangladesh and upstream regions of some states of India triggered worst flooding in the country for nearly two decades. Two northern-eastern districts — Sunamganj and Sylhet were severely affected by the flood.
