Mintu Deshwara

From primary to higher secondary, completing the 12 years of education was not easy for Sujon Robidas, son of an indigenous tea labourer from Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila.

The three-day long Maha Ras Lila festival of the Manipuri community of the Kamalganj Upazila in Moulvibazar district concluded yesterday. This was the 177th iteration of the festival.

The Garo community celebrated Wangala, their largest annual festival, in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, recently. The pre-winter celebration honours the sun God for blessing the community with a good harvest.

A cultural programme and discussion was held at Manipuri Lalitkala Academy Auditorium in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, marking a hundred years of Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to Sylhet.

The Indo-Bangla cultural exchange programme was held recently at Homerjan Ema Limeren Sidabi temple of Adampur Union, in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar. The event was organised by Bangladesh Porai Apokapa Morp (BPAM), in association with Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture (IPSA).

Mamunur Rashid, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) chaired over the closing ceremony and Deputy Commissioner Nazia Shirin was present as the chief guest.

The unnervingly uninviting building appears to be abandoned. But this is a fully functional facility of Boromchal post office in Kulaura upazila.

Tea production grew 23.62 percent to 52.53 million kilogrammes as of August this year, in an indication that may see the country pull off the highest yield on record at the end of the current year.

Nazrul Academy staged their latest musical production, Durgatinashini Durga, directed by Delwar Hossain Durjoy, at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple at Barlekha, Moulvibazar, on Bijoya Dashami.

Buying and selling of birds is rampant on Dhaka-Sylhet highway. Professional and seasonal bird hunters gather to do business in Nabiganj upazila area of Habiganj district, selling off the creatures for people’s consumption.

In a rare example of altruism, workers of Amo Tea Garden in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila are running a school with their paltry income to save their children from discrimination that they commonly face in schools outside garden area.

Frustrated by the low price of rice since May, marginal farmers in the haor areas of Sunamganj are not showing any interest in leasing land for Boro production.

Lives and properties of people in four villages at Habiganj’s Bahubal upazila are in jeopardy as illegal sand lifting is going on unabated there for about eight months now.

The hillocks at the centuries-old Tarapur Tea Estate, a Debottor (endowed) property in Sylhet, are being razed and grabbed by some locals. After the estate remained illegally occupied by industrialist Ragib Ali and his son Abdul Hye for decades, it was returned to the shebait

A cultural programme, featuring vibrant performances, was held at Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, recently. Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) arranged the programme, which kicked off with the performance of a patriotic song, followed by performances of many other songs by renowned singers. It also featured a beautiful performance of Manipuri dance.

The topic of reviving the Old Khowai river, running through Habiganj town, has been the talk of the town since the district administration launched drives on September 16 to free the river from encroachment.

Authorities of recently erected Juri Upazila Health Complex, built on wetland, are concealing huge cracks on the walls of the building with plaster and paint.

A cultural programme based on Kathak dance was held recently at the Moulvibazar MA Saifur Rahman auditorium. It was organised by Nupur Nikkan Moulvibazar.

When farmers were looking forward to some earnings by fishing, the Hakaluki haor in Moulvibazar has turned into a contaminated wetland with dead fish floating ashore.

The word ‘adhunik’, meaning modern in English, is part of the formal Bangla name of the hospital -- Habiganj Adhunik Sadar Hospital.