Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- The Modhumoti River is swallowing Aminur Rahman's farmland. Each fresh bite brings him closer to losing the only means his family has to survive.

The farmer from Pankharchar village in Gopalganj's Fukura Union watches the erosion with tears in his eyes. His plot is all he owns, and the river now threatens to take even that.

"If we lose our land, we will have nothing left to live on. We are poor people; this plot is our only asset," he says, gazing at the water with anguish.

He appeals to the government to build a permanent embankment urgently, warning that without protection, homes and cultivated fields will disappear into the river.

For Jamal Hossain, 45, the damage has already begun. He farmed 3 Bighas (nearly 0.4 ...