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 Sylhet floods: No end to human suffering

Swarupa Khatun, 55, has no house of her own. She lived with seven children and her husband Abdur Rahim in a house they did not own in Mujibnagar, East Islampur Union of Companiganj. When the floodwaters submerged the whole of Mujibnagar, they had to take refuge in the nearby village of South Chandranagar.

Speaking to Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday, Swarupa in South Chandranagar, said that the rising floodwaters on Tuesday had forced them to seek shelter in that house with their cows and goats. read more....