Bangladesh, July 13 -- The country is grappling with a mounting human and economic toll from days of heavy rainfall, flash floods and landslides, with the death toll rising to 51 even as the destruction of farmland threatens livelihoods just weeks before the critical Aman rice planting season.

According to the latest situation report released by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief at 12:30pm on Sunday, 267,918 families remain stranded across seven flood-hit districts, while the total number of affected people has climbed to 1,022,963.

The toll has risen sharply from the ministry's previous report on Saturday evening, which had recorded 43 deaths.Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Senior Information Officer at the Ministry of Disaster...