Chapainawabganj, Sept. 13 -- The water level of the Padma River in Chapainawabganj fell by 6 centimetres in the 24 hours to 6:00am on Sunday, but the overall flood situation in the district has not improved significantly.

Low-lying areas of five unions in Sadar and Shibganj upazilas remain inundated, leaving several thousand people affected by the flooding.

Meanwhile, water levels in the district's other two major rivers, the Mahananda and the Punarbhaba, rose further.

According to data from the Chapainawabganj office of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB), the Padma water level fell by 6 centimetres over the past 24 hours and was flowing 32 centimetres below the danger level as of Sunday morning.

The Mahananda rose by 3 cent...