Dwoha Chowdhury

Amir Hossain made two desperate attempts to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. He first tried once last year and again on May 9 this year.

Europe has long been a promised land for Bangladeshi fortune seekers. With illusion further fuelled by human traffickers, many take risky journeys through the Mediterranean, knowing well it may turn fatal in the hazardous sea. But when they are held hostage by human traffickers or other criminal gangs in Libya, a transit point en route to Europe, they realise

The Surma river in Sylhet is on the verge of becoming another Buriganga, environmentalists fear.

What started as a two-man endeavour to instil the spirit of Liberation War among the youth has now become a platform to resist anti-liberation elements through reading.

A historic building at Chowhatta area in Sylhet city, a symbol of the iconic Assam pattern houses of the region, is waiting to be

Farmers in the northeastern backswamps are on the brink of facing another flash flood as the construction and maintenance works of “around 50 percent” Haor protection embankments have not been completed within the given timeline.

Honouring the heroic struggles and sacrifices of our martyrs for our mother tongue Bangla, a fourteen-day theatre festival to mark the International Mother Language Day began in Sylhet on Monday.

Illegal stone extraction continues unchecked in Sylhet not only at the cost of human lives, but also environment.

When Shahi Eidgah field in Sylhet city was renovated and upgraded to “Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium” last year as part of the government's plan to build mini stadiums in all upazilas, residents were elated.

Though ruling Awami League is taking a strong stance against corruption and pollution, the party has nominated candidates who are accused in murder and graft cases for next month's upazila election to Sunamganj and Sylhet.

The first National Folk Theatre Festival concluded in Sylhet with the play, Kanai Chader Nandini, by Rangpur Natyakendra.

Indiscriminate hunting, trapping and selling of local and migratory birds at different upazilas in Sylhet is posing a serious threat to nature and biodiversity.

Like most children of his age, Tafim Hossain loves to play cricket. He dreams of becoming a batsman and one day play for the national team.

In a remote village called Moheskhola under Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj, a monument was built in 2013 to commemorate the Liberation War and freedom fighters of the first sub-sector under Sector-5.

Shukria Begum, the 11-month-old daughter of Hamida Begum, was having breathing difficulties and was showing signs of diarrhoea in late October. Hamida took her to a nearby doctor at Shahbajpur Bazar of Moulvibazar's Baralekha upazila on 28 October as her condition deteriorated.

Have you ever heard of a committee representing England's Conservative Party in Dhaka? Do the Republicans have a pro-youth front serving Donald Trump's agenda in Sylhet? The answer to both would be an overwhelming no.

Imrul Kayes did not play a match during the two-Test series in West Indies in July this year. The 31-year-old left-hander, who played his last Test against Sri Lanka in Mirpur in February this year, failed to score even a fifty in his last 16 innings since making 78 against

Mehedi Hasan Miraz exuded confidence about taking a leadership role in the spin attack in the absence of the injured Shakib Al Hasan against the visiting Zimbabweans in the first Test starting on November 3, which will also be the first to be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Leaders at the Jatiya Oikyafront's maiden public rally yesterday asked people to unite for ensuring a free and fair election and “restoring” their right to vote.

Jatiya Oikyafront, the newly-floated alliance of the BNP and several other parties, holds it first-ever rally today in Sylhet amid hurdles and uncertainty over its next programmes.