Along with his four family members and some cattle, 75-year-old Kazim Uddin had to spend the past two days on a small boat as their home was flooded.

Around 13 lakh people in the country’s north, north-eastern and hilly regions have been stranded in flooded areas amid heavy downpour and swollen rivers.

On the surface—from the philosophical (life and death) to physical (rainfall and flood)—these appear to be simple questions with causal connections.

Local administration arranges aid for nearly 2,300 flood victims in Kulaura upazila’s Sharifpur in Moulvibazar.