Flood death toll rises to 71

Seventy-one people, including 45 men, seven women and 19 children, died in the devastating flood, the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry said on Tuesday. 

Among the deaths, 19 were in Cumilla, 28 in Feni, six in Chattogram, 11 in Noakhali, one each in Khagrachhari, Brahmanbaria, Moulvibazar and Lakshmipur and three in Cox's Bazar districts.

Besides, one person remains missing in the Moulvibazar district.