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
Tea Workers’ Day: 100 years of a forgotten tragedy
These days, Shamnarayan Goor doesn’t do much other than sitting on the porch of his hut and watching the day go by, over the hilly terrain of Lungla Tea Garden in Sylhet.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Rubber industry suffers from low prices
The rubber industry in Sylhet is facing tough times due to a continuous fall in prices.
19 May 2021, 18:00 PM
250-bed Habiganj Sadar Hospital: Tk 30-cr building lies useless without manpower, equipment
An eight-storey building was built for it at a cost of Tk 30.25 crore, but the 250-bed Habiganj Sadar Hospital has yet to start its operations after more than four years of its inauguration.
18 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Nearly 500 families breathing easier after closure of polluting factory in Habiganj
Residents near Ekhtiyarpur canal in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj can now finally breathe a sigh of relief after a factory in the vicinity was shut down for polluting the environment with industrial waste.
15 May 2021, 12:02 PM
‘Is Eid celebration for us?’ -- ask people of haor area
“I only had some shemai (sweet vermicelli) this morning. I don't have any new dress this Eid.”
14 May 2021, 14:56 PM
Lockdown clears way for roadside paddy threshing
There are a total of 424 haor areas in Sylhet where boro paddy is cultivated. Due to a lack of free space in the region, local roads and highways are the first choice among farmers to dry and thresh their stock.
2 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Half a century with a shrapnel in her skull
Young Nurjahan Begum and Nuru Mia got married in early 1971.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Yardlong bean farmers over the moon with bumper yields
Farmers that cultivated yardlong bean in fallow lands in two unions of Kulaura upazila in Sylhet’s Moulvibazar district are enjoying tremendous success thanks to bumper yields and a reasonable market price.
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Boro harvest in full swing in Sylhet’s haor
Farmers have already harvested about 25 per cent of the boro paddy sown in haor areas of Sylhet despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Sunflower farming brings hope to Sylhet’s haors
Sunflower cultivation in Sylhet’s haor areas has helped thousands of farmers secure financial solvency as they successfully made good use of the abandoned lands.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
A father’s dream for a children’s haven
Dipthandu Dip Roy Bablu’s family was thrown into uncertainty when his young son was diagnosed with autism. Bablu was at his wit’s end to figure out how he would get treatment for the young Debabrata Roy in Kusumbagh area of Moulvibazar sadar upazila.
1 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Yellow tea produced for first time
After black, green and white tea, growers in Bangladesh have developed highly valued yellow tea, a development that will take the country to another step forward in saving foreign currencies spent on importing expensive varieties of the beverage.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Rain reawakens Sylhet’s tea
The tea industry in Sylhet has been revitalised by recent rains that came after a dry winter season. Around 30 millimetres of rain was recorded in Sylhet on March 8-10, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Construction work of govt building: Authority intervenes after half of the job done flouting rules
Half of the work of a government building has been completed without ensuring the quality of the rod and other materials.
16 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Unstoppable speed forged by a basic desire
12-year-old Sonia Akhter drew the applause of thousands as she finished top among 30 jockeys in one of Bengal’s traditional events, the ancient competition of horse racing,.
14 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Unplanned Industrialisation: Curse on the Sutang
With the goal of bringing fresh water from the Sutang river to irrigate surrounding villages, the authorities re-excavated the Shoiljura canal in Habiganj. Seven years later, the canal has become a means of hazard for nearby villagers and the river itself.
13 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Lemon prices go up amid immunity boosting efforts
Amidst heightened health consciousness for the pandemic, lemon prices are skyrocketing in its present off season, benefitting a huge number of farmers in Sylhet division, especially those in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM
The last of the Kharia speakers
Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn’t get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Kulaura-Shahbajpur Rail Track Rehabilitation Work: Date expired again, only 30 percent work done
The deadline for rehabilitation work of Kulaura-Shahbazpur railway track in Moulvibazar has expired again but only 30 percent of work has been completed.
20 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sreemangal tourism on the mend
Tourism in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar has started to bounce back after suffering massive losses from the coronavirus pandemic that has affected almost all sectors of the economy.
18 February 2021, 18:00 PM