Dhaka, Aug 4 (TIWN) Floods triggered by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders have claimed at least 108 lives in Bangladesh, a disaster official said on Sunday.

The senior official of the country's National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRCC) told Xinhua news agency that "the floods caused the deaths of 108 people in 16 districts and widespread damage to habitation, crops, roads and highways across vast swathes of the country".  Quoting the NDRCC's daily flood situation report, the official, on condition of anonymity, said most victims have drowned but some died in boat capsizes in the flood-hit areas.  Since the first week of the last month, he said at least six million people have been affected by the floods while thousands of families were forced flee home.  Citing the report, he said flood situation is now improving in most of the districts with water levels in many rivers receding.