RANGPUR, July 9, 2026 (BSS) - The Teesta crossed its danger level (DL) by 3cm at Dalia point in Nilphamari at 9 pm tonight, with a possibility of temporary 
flooding in low-lying areas amid heavy rains in upstream in the last 24 hours.
 
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) officials said that the intensity of monsoon rains has increased in the northeastern Indian states and northern 
Bangladesh, creating a possibility of temporary flooding in the low-lying areas of greater Rangpur.
 
"Following a sharp rise in the water level in the last six hours, the Teesta was flowing above its DL by 3cm at 9 pm at Dalia near the Teesta Barrage 
Project," Executive Engineer of the BWDB's Teesta Barrage Division Amitav Chowdhury told BSS at 9:10 pm.
 
Earlier, the river was flowing below its DL by 11cm at Dalia point at 3 pm today. 
 
As the water level is continuing to rise harshly due to heavy onrush of water from upstream, the Teesta may inundate the low-lying floodplains and char 
areas in the next 24 to 48 hours.
 
However, water level of the Teesta was flowing below the DL by 42cm cm at Kawnia point in Rangpur, 45cm at Tarapur point and 90cm at Haripur point in 
Gaibandha district at 3 pm today. 

"Currently, all 44 gates of the TBP are remaining open as a common practice to control the huge water flow at Dalia point where water levels of the river 
were still showing a rising trend," Engineer Amitav Chowdhury said.
 
BWDB's Rangpur Circle Superintending Engineer Md Ahsan Habib told BSS tonight that their officials are closely monitoring the situation.
 
A temporary flood situation may be created in the low-lying char areas of Nilphamari, Rangpur and Lalmonirhat districts during the next couple of days.
 
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) of BWDB in a bulletin today said water levels of the Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers in the 
northern Rangpur region have increased during the last 24 hours.
 

During the next 24 to 48 hours, the Teesta may continue to flow above the DL at some locations in Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat and Rangpur districts, causing 
short-term flooding in adjacent low-lying areas. 
 
In addition, during the next 72 hours, the Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers may flow at Warning Level in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts, and adjacent 
low-lying areas may be temporarily inundated, the bulletin said.
 
According to meteorological agencies, heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast over the Sylhet, Chattogram, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Rajshahi 
divisions of Bangladesh, as well as the adjoining Indian states of Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, and West Bengal, during the next two days. 

The recorded rainfalls in the upstream Indian states during the last 24 hours till 9am today were 245mm at Mawkyrwat, 224mm at Cherrapunji, 211mm at RKM 
Sohra, 201mm at Williamnagar, 196mm at Mawsynram, 155mm at Ratacherra137mm at Kalimpong, 126mm at Darjeeling points.

During the same period, 125mm rainfall was recorded at Chilmari in Kurigram, 163mm at Sirajganj, 50.5mm at Kurigram, 51mm at Gaibandha, 49mm at Kawnia in 
Rangpur points, the FFWC bulletin said.

The Dudhkumar was flowing below the DL by 127cm at Pateshwari, Dharla by 178cm below its DL at Kurigram and Brahmaputra was flowing below its DL by 
175cm at Noonkhawa, 150cm at Hatia and 125cm at Chilmari points respectively at 3 pm today.
 
The Jamuna was flowing below its DL by 134cm at Fulchhari, 130cm at Bahadurabad, 157cm at Shaghata, 139cm at Sariakandi, 185cm at Kazipur and 
142cm at Sirajganj points at 3 pm today.