Bangladesh, June 19 -- Bangladesh's hilly districts are again facing growing landslide risks as heavy rainfall, unsafe hill cutting, weak drainage and unplanned settlements continue to put thousands of people in danger during the monsoon season.

The risk is highest in the Chattogram Hill Tracts - Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari - as well as Chattogram and Cox's Bazar, where many families live on or below unstable slopes.

Each year, the arrival of heavy monsoon rain turns these hills into danger zones, especially for low-income communities who often have no safer place to move.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has repeatedly warned that heavy to very heavy rainfall can trigger landslides in the hilly regions of Chat...