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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
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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
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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
Photo: Mintu Deshwara

'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'Not normal': Fish shortage in Hakaluki haor leaves anglers in despair

This is usually that time of the year when anglers of Hakaluki haor smile ear to ear. “This is the time to catch large hauls from the Haor,” said angler Mansur Ali. “With the income from these few months, I have no trouble running my family of seven.”
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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A death trap for wildlife

A connecting electric line runs right through the Lawachhara protected forest in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila. The power line packs 33 kilovolts, putting the forest’s wildlife in peril, as the animals often come in contact with it.
18 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Crisis in the planet of the apes

Gibbons are endangered worldwide, and it just so happens that Bangladesh is no exception to the norm.
14 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Today’s meal: salt, water, boiled tea-leaf

Mala Santal is an indigenous tea worker at Baikunthapur Tea Garden in Habiganj’s Madhabpur.
13 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Forgotten by society, unforgiven by hunger

“Many people like you come to visit us with a promise to help us but they never keep their words,” they resented.
12 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Paranormal turnout

A Moulvibazar polling centre reported a hundred percent turnout in Sunday’s union parishad elections although the voter list included people who have died and those who were not even in the country.
29 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Hakaluki’s deforestation dilemma

Illegally cutting down various species of aquatic trees, especially in the Hijal-Karach area, has posed a serious threat to the ecosystem at Hakaluki Haor, one of the country’s largest natural water bodies.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Sonai river: A victim of greed

Sonai river, which flows through Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj, has almost turned into a canal due to illegal occupation and dumped trash. It now acts as a narrow drain carrying hazardous pollutants to the haor area.
21 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Dewchhara Beel: Once full of lives, now a wasteland

Dewchhara beel in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar used to be a sanctuary for thousands of migratory birds and different species of native fish but for the last two years,
20 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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The blood that was spilled after the war

By December 20, the war was well and truly over. After nine long months of blood, sweat and tears, the freedom fighters snatched the victory flag. This was their time to return home, meet their beloved ones, and rest on their own pillows.
19 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Manipuri community gets first ever book fair

For the first time ever, a book fair was held for the Manipuri community in Moulvibazar, in a festive manner.
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Khowai in dire straits

Riddled with floating trash and indiscriminate encroachment, the Old Khowai River in Habiganj town is under threat of being occupied again, just two years after eviction drives were launched in 2019.
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Red stains in green gardens

When a column of Pakistan army vehicles entered Dewrachhara Tea Garden in Moulvibazar in the afternoon of May 3, 1971, most of the workers there were alarmed but had little strength left to do anything about it.
15 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Deadline exceeds, public suffering mounts

Although the deadline for the renovation works on a two-kilometre stretch of the central road in Habiganj town has exceeded for five months, the works have yet to be completed, much to the sufferings of the people.
13 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Grafting tomato plants, a path to brighter prospects

Many tomato farmers in Sylhet have secured bumper yields this year by using the grafting method to grow their crops amid favourable weather conditions.
13 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Large-scale commercial poultry farms posing health hazard

Six large unauthorized commercial poultry farms are posing hazards to public health and agriculture in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj violating a High Court order.
11 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Brick kilns on farmland poses serious health risk

Several brick kilns, set up on farmland or close to educational institution, destroying fertility of vast agricultural land in the district.
6 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Agarwood perfume industry yet to offset pandemic shocks

Bangladesh’s agarwood-based perfume industry is struggling to bounce back from the Covid-19 fallouts as traders from the Middle East are yet to resume making purchases in full swing, leaving perfumers and raw material suppliers in the lurch.
5 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Hakaluki Haor: Where poachers roam free

On a November afternoon several weeks back, a middle-aged man, appearing to be a fish vendor, was spotted in Kaminiganj Bazar area of Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.
5 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Mandarin cultivation ebbing in Moulvibazar

Due to the availability of high-quality varieties, Malta cultivation is increasing in the Sylhet division. However, the farmers of Sylhet are losing interest in Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) cultivation and business.
4 December 2021, 18:00 PM

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