Embankment collapse

Parts of the 62-kilometre sustainable embankment on the bank of Baleshwar River in Bagerhat’s Sarankhola upazila begins to collapse less than a year after its handover, causing widespread panic among coastal residents. These pictures were captured recently. Photo: Ali Akbar Tutul
Bangladesh

Sarankhola locals in despair as new embankment starts collapsing in less than a year

Construction of the Tk242cr embankment, on the bank of Baleshwar River, was completed in December last year

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Embankment collapse: Low-lying areas of 14 villages in Khulna submerged, 15,000 people stranded

Photo: Masum Billah
Bangladesh

1500 families stranded as embankment collapses in Naogaon

Tidal surges entrap 300 homes in Bhadrapara. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

300 families marooned as embankment collapses in Bagerhat

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Embankment collapse on Kholpetua River floods 3 Satkhira villages

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Cyclone Asani: Rain hits Satkhira amid fears of embankment damage

About 30 kilometres of roads and by-roads in 500 villages of 50 unions in nine Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar have been damaged due to the recent torrential rain-induced floods. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Floods, eroding rivers, damage 44km of roads, embankments in Cox’s Bazar

Photo: Sayeed Alamgir/TBS
Corruption

300 Cox’s Bazar establishments at risk as dam collapse causes river erosion

File photo. Photo: Salahudddin Ahmed
Panorama

Rethinking embankments: Natural design versus human interventions

Photo shows a broken embankment in Satkhira. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

Cyclone Amphan: Shrimp farms behind fragile embankments?

Parts of Chandpur town protective embankment collapse
Bangladesh

Parts of Chandpur town protective embankment collapse