Bangladesh floods maroon nearly three million people, kill two


People navigate a flooded street following incessant rains in Feni, a coastal district in southeast Bangladesh bordering Indian Tripura state in Bangladesh on Aug 22, 2024. - AP

DHAKA (Reuters) - Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the country's disaster management ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters TV showed Bangladesh residents evacuating with their belongings by boat and other makeshift transportation as knee-deep water entered their homes.

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