Bangladesh Flood Control

Bangladesh is a country with three major rivers- the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna all converging, creating a massive drainage basin and deltas. As well as this, the country is very flat and low lying, with 75% of it lying under 10m above sea level. These factors, among others, make Bangladesh extremely prone to flooding. In 1988, there were particularly severe floods, partly down to the heavy monsoon rainfall and the snowmelt from the Himalaya mountains. There is some good general information on wikipedia, or the BBC.
With this common of flooding, there is a need for flood control in Bangladesh. For information, try this site or this site about the Flood Action Plan in Bangladesh.