Dhaka : Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of devastating floods, as millions of people were marooned or left homeless in low-lying northeastern parts of the country. Md Kamrul Hasan, secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told Xinhua news agency Saturday that tens of thousands of policemen, Bangladesh Army personnel and emergency service staff members have been deployed in parts of the country to assist search and rescue efforts. “Bangladesh Army soldiers have already been deployed as floods devastated the northeastern districts of Sunamganj and Sylhet,” he said, adding there are no known injuries nor deaths to have occurred in the country so far as a result of the ongoing floods. Officials said thousands of homes in Sylhet and Sunamganj have been inundated and electricity has been cut. The key Surma river running through Sylhet and Sunamganj districts burst its banks, flowing at a record rate of over 100 cubic meters a second on Saturday “The ongoing floods have been reported in 28 (out of 64) districts in Bangladesh since last week,” Dalil Uddin, a spokesperson for the country’s National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC) under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told Xinhua. Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan, head of the state-run Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, said that many major Bangladeshi rivers have risen to dangerous levels. He said the overall trend continues to indicate deterioration in the flooding situation in the coming days, particularly alarming for the areas around the Brahmaputra and Ganges basins in the country. Floods reportedly caused widespread damage to habitation, crops, roads and highways across vast swathes of the country. TV reports showed wide areas of land are underwater in parts of Bangladesh, especially in the northeastern Sylhet region as major rivers have been overflowing since last week. Officials said the onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders has virtually worsened the situation in the northeastern Sylhet region.Dhaka : Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of devastating floods, as millions of people were marooned or left homeless in low-lying northeastern parts of the country. Md Kamrul Hasan, secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told Xinhua news agency Saturday that tens of thousands of policemen, Bangladesh Army personnel and emergency service staff members have been deployed in parts of the country to assist search and rescue efforts. “Bangladesh Army soldiers have already been deployed as floods devastated the northeastern districts of Sunamganj and Sylhet,” he said, adding there are no known injuries nor deaths to have occurred in the country so far as a result of the ongoing floods. Officials said thousands of homes in Sylhet and Sunamganj have been inundated and electricity has been cut. The key Surma river running through Sylhet and Sunamganj districts burst its banks, flowing at a record rate of over 100 cubic meters a second on Saturday “The ongoing floods have been reported in 28 (out of 64) districts in Bangladesh since last week,” Dalil Uddin, a spokesperson for the country’s National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC) under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, told Xinhua. Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan, head of the state-run Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, said that many major Bangladeshi rivers have risen to dangerous levels. He said the overall trend continues to indicate deterioration in the flooding situation in the coming days, particularly alarming for the areas around the Brahmaputra and Ganges basins in the country. Floods reportedly caused widespread damage to habitation, crops, roads and highways across vast swathes of the country. TV reports showed wide areas of land are underwater in parts of Bangladesh, especially in the northeastern Sylhet region as major rivers have been overflowing since last week. Officials said the onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders has virtually worsened the situation in the northeastern Sylhet region.