Millions stranded as flooding causes havoc in Bangladesh, India

A fruit vendor sells bananas along a flooded street following heavy rains in Sylhet, Bangladesh [Mamun Hossain/AFP]

Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead, officials have said.

In Bangladesh, about two million people have been marooned by the worst floods in the country’s northeast for nearly two decades while nearly one million people have been affected by the flooding.