The Latest Breaking News from Bangladesh

Floods in South Asia wreaking havoc Monday hindered authorities' efforts to deliver food and drinking water to shelters across Assam in northeastern India and north and northeastern regions of Bangladesh. More than a dozen people died across Bangladesh since the monsoon began last week, authorities said.

At least 59 people are known to have died in lightning strikes and landslides caused by severe monsoon storms in India and Bangladesh.

Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people and killing at least 19 people in Bangladesh, authorities said on Saturday, warning the situation could worsen.

Millions of others have lost their homes to severe flooding from heavy rainfall.

Both countries have asked the military to step in after millions of homes were left submerged

Forecasters say the floods were set to worsen over the next two days with heavy rains in Bangladesh and India.

Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said on Saturday.

At least 18 people died as floods cut a swatch across northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater, authorities said Saturday. In India's Assam state, at least nine people died in the floods and two million others saw their homes submerged in floodwaters, according to the state disaster…

At least 18 people have died as floods cut a swatch across northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater