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
Bhogtera Community Clinic: Setting precedence in normal delivery
Twenty-five-year old Khadija Akter of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila got married in Chauddagram of Cumilla. She moved to her father’s house a few months ago as she was pregnant.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Sylhet tourism on road to recovery
Sylhet division is littered with numerous haors, waterfalls, swamp, hills, and tea gardens that make it an attractive tourist destination.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Aman cultivation brings cheer to haor farmers
Haor areas of Sylhet division usually remain inundated for most of the year but there are high grounds where Boro paddy can be grown.
19 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Manipuri weavers stare at bleak future
Weavers and clothing entrepreneurs in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar usually take on loans to make Manipuri clothing items as they get ready for higher sales ahead of Eid festivals.
12 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Under attack, time and again
Centenarian Sami Lakachiang is considered the oldest person in Kakrachhara Punji, an indigenous village located in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila.
8 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Cattle farming a new hope for haor people
A number of seasonal cattle farms have sprung up at villages found in Sylhet’s haor areas thanks to the availability of naturally-grown grass in the region, providing a much-needed alternative to paddy cultivation.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Hybrid watermelon varieties buoy farmers’ hopes
Watermelons of all shapes and sizes are currently available in the market but other than satisfying a customer’s craving for the refreshing fruit, its cultivation provides a spectacular view.
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid risk looms large on tea workers
While cases of Covid-19 infection are rising every day amid the ongoing countrywide lockdown of most businesses and factories, the labour-intensive tea plantations remain open without ensuring minimal health rules.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown takes a toll on jackfruit traders
An age-old “Kathaler Haat”, or jackfruit market, in Brahmanbazar area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila is seeing poor sales this year as recent restrictions on public movement aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19 have kept buyers at bay.
26 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Balikandi leather hub going bust
Balikandi of Moulvibazar sadar upazila has a long history of being a hub for leather trade in the greater Sylhet division. Even a few years ago, hundreds of people were making a living out of it.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Keep tea industry open during next lockdown
Tea garden owners in Bangladesh have urged the government to keep the industry out of the purview of the strict nationwide lockdown beginning on July 23.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Strict’ on paper, reality suggests otherwise
When the death toll due to the highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 has been on the rise across the country, the largest weekly livestock market in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj continue to be arranged without ensuring any health safety rules.
5 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Greens worried as new safari park planned
A proposal to build the country's third safari park in Lathitila forest of Moulvibazar has raised concerns among environmentalists as the construction of roads and structures will threaten the biodiversity of the forest area.
2 July 2021, 18:00 PM
No ICU in hospitals of Habiganj
Covid-19 patients suffer immensely as there is no intensive care unit (ICU) facility at the hospitals in Habiganj.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Endangered by engines
Deaths of rare and endangered species of wildlife under the wheels of vehicles and on train tracks are rampant in Moulvibazar’s Lawachhara forest.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Tea workers reject minimum wage proposals
Tea garden workers have rejected the recent minimum wage recommendations of a government-led tripartite body.
24 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Rose tea brings fresh taste
In a first for the country, rose tea recently joined the white and yellow blends for sale in local markets.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Where canal runs through a river!
An LGED project to excavate a six-kilometre-long and 100-foot-wide channel in the middle of a river -- 15 kilometres long and roughly 600 feet wide -- is causing an outcry from residents of Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM
A mayor’s motive
The destruction of Borshijora Eco-Park -- a protected forestland spread out on 326.07 hectares of land near Moulvibazar stadium -- by the hands of the town mayor has brought to light the question whether any forest or wildlife in the country are protected at all.
29 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Moulvibazar pvt tea garden authorities cut down 1,000 trees in local village, residents say
The authorities of a private tea garden allegedly cut down around 1,000 trees at a punji (village) in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila without permission from Forest Department.
24 May 2021, 10:03 AM