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
Trees felled for road widening work
The forest department is chopping down some 1,246 trees, planted under the government’s social afforestation programme, on both sides of Habiganj-Shayestaganj regional highway for widening the road.
8 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Habiganj Landslide: Lone makeshift bridge breaks down
Sudden collapse of a makeshift bamboo bridge over Satchhari Canal, connecting Tripura village with Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila headquarters, due to landslide caused by flash flood has left several families of the village in immense sufferings.
5 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Kids attend classes in risky schoolhouse
Students of Golgaon Government Primary School in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have been attending their classes amid risk of accident due to the dilapidated condition of the year-old schoolhouse.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Saving the shy slow loris
Plumporis Ev, a Germany-based voluntary organisation, is working actively to preserve the endangered Bengal slow loris, locally known as “Lajjabati Banor” in Moulvibazar.
2 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Century-old pond at its certain demise
A century-old government-owned pond in Robirbazar area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has transformed into a desolate wasteland, as garbage is being dumped there indiscriminately for a while now.
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Jackfruit trade in full swing as demand surges
It is the peak harvesting season for jackfruit in Bangladesh. As such, Brahmanbazar, a wholesale market in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, is abuzz with the presence of farmers and traders looking to profit off the tropical fruit.
16 June 2023, 03:00 AM
Highway turns dumping zone
The Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Madhabpur has been transformed into a dumping ground as municipality trucks have been throwing away and burning waste there indiscriminately for a while now.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Clonal seedlings a new hope for the tea industry
Clonal tea seedlings, which are cloned from hybrid varieties of the plant, are helping develop the tea industry of Bangladesh by providing high yields of top-quality tea, according to growers.
9 June 2023, 02:30 AM
Binota, a symbol of resilience, empowerment
From the humble confines of a mud wall house, where economic struggles cast their long shadows, emerges a woman who defies all odds and shatters gender norms.
20 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Low yield frustrates Moulvibazar litchi growers
Litchi growers in Moulvibazar fear a low production of the juicy summer fruit this year due to unfavourable weather condition during the peak time of flowering.
17 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Construction work goes on at snail’s pace
Construction work of Moulvibazar 132/33 KV Grid Substation sees very slow progress, much to the inconvenience of the consumers.
15 May 2023, 18:00 PM
400 acres land remain uncultivated
Around 400 acres of farmland in Moulvibazar’s two upazilas remain uncultivated every year for lack of a sluice gate in the Lachgang river in Kawadighi Haor area.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Indecision over site selection delays construction work
Indecision over selecting the right location has been delaying the construction work of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura Upazila Central Shaheed Minar.
10 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Extreme heat hampering tea production
Tea farmers in Bangladesh are concerned about seeing lower yields this year as much of their trees have been afflicted by various diseases and pests amid the ongoing heatwave and insufficient rain.
10 May 2023, 02:30 AM
‘Choshma Pora Hanuman’
The lush forests of Moulvibazar in Bangladesh are home to a variety of wildlife, including the rare and endangered Phayre’s Leaf Monkey.
5 May 2023, 18:00 PM
A village known for its bitter gourd
The Parer Tong village in Ashidron union under Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar is widely known as Korola’r Gram, or bitter gourd village, by vegetable wholesalers and traders all over Bangladesh.
3 May 2023, 03:30 AM
Equal wage still elusive
Hundreds of temporary tea workers in the country are suffering due to a poor pay structure. Many of them are paid around 30 to 50 percent lower wages than permanent workers.
30 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Farmland fertility under threat
The topsoil of agricultural land is being sold to brick kilns in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, causing damage to the fertility of earth and subsequent less production of crops.
29 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Goodwill to save the misunderstood cats
With an olive-grey coat decorated with black spots and stripes, fishing cats have fascinated wildlife enthusiasts for a long time.
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
The bridge that has not been crossed
Thousands of people from seven villages have been suffering as a concrete bridge remains without approach roads in Kaerchak area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district for three years.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM