India, July 13 -- At least 44 people have died in flood and landslide incidents in a week, officials said Sunday, even as rivers remained above danger level, leading to displacement of over 2.5 lakh families across Bangladesh.

Overnight torrential rains - 76 mm from 12 midnight till 6 am - inundated several areas and paralysed life in capital, Dhaka, even as the government deployed army troops alongside navy and air force personnel to carry out relief operations in seven worst-hit districts along with local humanitarian agencies.

"Since July 5, officially 44 flood-related deaths were recorded until Saturday evening. We estimate that some 2,67,000 families have been affected so far," a Disaster Management Ministry spokesman said here.

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