Mintu Deshwara

Many local landowners feel they are not being compensated fairly

Missile strike in the UAE claims life of Bangladeshi driver; grieving family awaits repatriation

Eight local entrepreneurs are selling essentials at cost, helping families cope with soaring prices

On  Friday mornings, the otherwise quiet veranda of a house in Haktiarkhola village under Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar turns into a classroom.

Retired teacher turns her balcony into a classroom to revive Meitei Mayek

When this correspondent visited Saura Palli in Rajghat Union on Monday, the frail elder whispered only a few words in his native tongue: “If I die, the language will die. Please take initiative to save my mother tongue before I die. My identity lives in this language.”

In classrooms across Sylhet, mother-tongue textbooks for indigenous children are meant to be opened, spoken aloud and lived through. Too often, they remain closed and unused.

At the edge of a small market in Palkichhara tea garden under Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, a couple walks hand in hand every morning. For 25 years, that clasped grip has been their strength against hunger, humiliation and heartbreak.