Mintu Deshwara

Marking its 25th anniversary, Rukeya Khatun Lyceum School organised a day-long programme at its premises in Barlekha, Moulvibazar.

Baikka Beel is witnessing a sharp fall in arrival of migratory birds this winter, a situation that is worrying bird watchers and environmental activists.

Hilly rivers from upstream are a lifeline to hundreds of rivers crisscrossing the riverine country that we live in. But topography of the river basins is changing significantly as many of these rivers, streaming down from India’s Meghalaya into Sunamganj, are shrinking fast due to encroachment.

Mindless sand lifting poses threat to Manu Bridge on Moulvibazar--Kailashahar road linking Bangladesh and Tripura via Chatlapur land port in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila.

Some 30 unemployed youths in Kamalganj upazila have improved fertility of about 90 bighas of fallow land following organic method.

The brick kiln sits in the middle of a village of about 2,000 inhabitants, in close proximity of an upazila town. It burns wood for its fuel. It uses barrel chimneys. It never obtained any clearance from the Department of Environment.

Recent rains naturally spelt misery amidst the winter chill but have brought smiles all around for tea production, giving hopes of an early start to the plucking season.

The ticket counters and passenger rooms at the municipality bus terminal in Moulvibazar have become a safe haven for drug peddlers and muggers as they have been lying unused for about 10 years now.

The forest department has halted its move to cut 6,632 trees in Srimangal, including natural fruit trees which are the source of food for wildlife, after it led to protests and drew flak from environmentalists.

Traditional fish drying serves as the means of survival for the people of Bhatipara Haor area in Baniachong upazila of Habiganj, especially after the recurrent damage of Boro paddy due to floods since 2017 and recent price fall of the crop.

Marking their 50th anniversary, Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, Kulaura Upazila unit in Moulvibazar hosted a two-day programme at the premises of Kulaura Upazila Shrity Soudha, recently. Comrade Abdul Malik inaugurated the programme.

Widowed 50-year-old tea worker Lakhpothy Bhor of Tilokpur tea garden in Kulaura upazila could not afford medical treatment on her meagre earnings. Her first child died after birth, more than 20 years ago. Her husband became sick and died not long after.

Christmas is the biggest annual festival for about a hundred indigenous families of Khasi and Garo communities that live in Jhimai Punji of Kulaura upazila.

Marking a hundred years of Tagore’s visit to Sylhet, Moulvibazar Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan Parishad (MRSSP) hosted an event at the premises of Government High School Auditorium, in Moulvibazar.

Satyabati Bakti, 95, a blind retired tea-worker of Chandpur tea estate, is ready to take a bullet to protect her farmland.

Marking the 30th anniversary of Sahitya-Sangskriti Parishad, a five-day festival was inaugurated recently at the premises of Chunarughat DCP High School in Chunarughat, Habiganj.

Marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an art camp, titled Gandhi@150 Art Camp, was held at Sreemangal Tea Resort & Museum in Moulvibazar, recently. The event was organised by the High Commission of India. Fifteen young artists from Bangladesh participated in the art camp.

Things turned around for Murshed Mia and his wife Swapna Begum ten years ago when they tried their luck in organic farming of mandarin in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila.

Relief materials, distributed among Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazar camps, were found being sold in Bandarbazar area of Sylhet city.

Sheikh Hasina Medical College in Habiganj spent over Tk 35 lakh to buy 450 anatomical charts for Tk 7,800 each supplied by a Dhaka-based company.