Paving road inside forest draws flak
7 March 2026, 06:38 AM
The Roads and Highways Department has taken an initiative to pave an old brick road running through the Harargaj Reserved Forest on the border of Kulaura and Juri upazilas in Moulvibazar.
7 March 2026, 06:38 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: Land acquisition delays threaten project timeline
6 March 2026, 02:40 AM
Many local landowners feel they are not being compensated fairly
6 March 2026, 02:40 AM
A promise to call, and a coffin yet to come
2 March 2026, 21:47 PM
Missile strike in the UAE claims life of Bangladeshi driver; grieving family awaits repatriation
2 March 2026, 21:47 PM
'Service, Not Profit': Young men bring relief to Ramadan shoppers in Moulvibazar
2 March 2026, 15:34 PM
Eight local entrepreneurs are selling essentials at cost, helping families cope with soaring prices
2 March 2026, 15:34 PM
Brinda’s fight to save a fading script
22 February 2026, 05:45 AM
On Friday mornings, the otherwise quiet veranda of a house in Haktiarkhola village under Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar turns into a classroom.
22 February 2026, 05:45 AM
On a village veranda, one woman fights to save a fading script
21 February 2026, 12:25 PM
Retired teacher turns her balcony into a classroom to revive Meitei Mayek
21 February 2026, 12:25 PM
The last speaker of Saura
21 February 2026, 00:01 AM
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.”
21 February 2026, 00:01 AM
Unread and untaught / Indigenous-language books reach Sylhet classrooms, but teacher shortage stalls learning
21 February 2026, 03:57 AM
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.
21 February 2026, 03:57 AM
Green malta brings smiles to farmers
Farmers in Sylhet division have seen tremendous success from the cultivation of green malta in the fallow lands this year.
6 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Punjee people opting for alternative livelihood
Sixty-year-old Sujan Dofo, a resident of Balukona Punjee, indigenous village, in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, used to be solely involved in cultivating betel leaves for a living.
3 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Vulture population sees 15.4pc surge
Since 1990, the number of vultures in the subcontinent has been rapidly declining. According to the Forest Department, there were 1,972 vultures in the country in 2008. In the last census conducted in 2015, that number fell to 260.
1 September 2023, 18:00 PM
A lifeline for Khasi women
Alongside its tea estates, one thing that tourists also look to relish while visiting Sylhet is the local betel leaf cultivated there, also known as Khasi Paan.
1 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Bridge built without approach road
A bridge, built over a canal at Rupnagar village in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila over one and a half decades ago, has been lying unused since construction as it does not have an approach road on one side, causing immense suffering to residents of several nearby villages.
30 August 2023, 18:00 PM
New bean variety brings smiles to farmers in Sreemangal
Traditionally, beans are cultivated during the winter. However, the SAU Bean-1 (Sikribi-1) variety, which has been developed by Sylhet Agricultural University, exhibits remarkable adaptability, allowing it to thrive even during the summer in Moulvibazar.
28 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Crumbling roads pose accident risks in Habiganj
Continuous downpour over the past few days have left connecting roads of a concrete bridge in Ajmiriganj upazila of Habiganj in a dilapidated state.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Risk of landslides mount amid monsoon
Risk of hill collapse and landslides amid monsoon mounts in Jaychandi union in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila as hill razing continues unabated in the area.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Police raid another den of militants
Law enforcers discovered another hideout of the new militant group “Imam Mahmuder Kafela” in the hills of Karmadha union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura yesterday.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Kafela Operatives’: This time, 17 suspects held by locals
Locals yesterday apprehended 17 people from Karmarha union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on suspicion of their involvement with a new militant outfit called “Imam Mahmuder Kafela”.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM
10 held from ‘militant den’
Counter-terrorism police yesterday arrested 10 people – six women and four men – in a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Moulvibazar.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital: Once a place of hope, now in a shambles
Moulvibazar District Sadar Hospital used to be a place of hope for the people of tea gardens and haor areas.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Challenges mount for manpower office
Moulvibazar District Manpower and Employment Office has been facing significant challenges to deliver services to people seeking overseas employment, as the office is running amid an acute shortage of staffers.
11 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Where wildlife falls victim to speeding trains, vehicles
Lawachhara National Park is an important sanctuary, buzzing with rare and endangered animals. However, its wildlife is facing a significant challenge when it comes to co-existing with the railway and regional road that passes through it.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Bridge lies unused for damaged road
A 15-metre bridge construction project over the Ghungijuri canal in Moulvibazar, undertaken by the Directorate of Disaster Management in the financial year 2021-22, has turned into a failure even before its official inauguration.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
A bridge for them, by them
“The school is about 2.5 kilometres from my house. But I only have to walk for about half a kilometre to reach it, and don’t even have to take off my shoes while crossing the canal on foot,” said Nigom Tanti, a fifth-grader at Kalighat Government Primary School.
22 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Bridge under threat, even before opening
Residents of Moulvibazar’s Hajipur and Sharifpur unions have long been demanding a bridge over the Manu River, and finally, authorities decided to construct one at a cost of Tk 100 crore.
16 July 2023, 18:00 PM
A booth to trade plastic
Numerous excited locals standing in a queue in front of a booth, holding used plastic bottles, old containers, and worn-out polybags -- this is what this correspondent saw when he first arrived at the Moulvibazar municipality on Sunday evening.
11 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Amid water stands a community clinic
There is only water, stretching as far as the gaze can reach. Amidst this submerged world, stands the Madhabpasha Community Clinic.
10 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Bridge lies useless for six years
The primary objective behind constructing the bridge was to alleviate the difficulties faced by students commuting to school, improve transportation of haor crops, and end the sufferings of residents.
8 July 2023, 18:00 PM