Between October and December 2024, over a quarter of the population (26 percent), representing 23.3 million Bangladeshis and 300,000 Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN), are projected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity, classified IPC Phase 3 or above, and are in urgent need of humanitarian food security assistance (HFSA). Over 1.6 million people are in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), most of whom reside in the Chattogram, Rangpur, Khulna, and Sylhet divisions. Of the 40 areas analysed, 33 are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), indicating a deterioration in food security compared to the IPC projection analysis published in April 2024, where 20 out of 33 areas were in Phase 3.

Since May 2024, Bangladesh has been severely affected by a series of climate-related disasters, including Cyclone Remal in May, flash floods in the Haor Region in June, riverine floods in the Jamuna Basin in July, and unprecedented flooding in the eastern regions in August. The most recent floods in Chattogram coincided with a period of political transition in the country, following student-led protests that resulted in the establishment of a new interim government.