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
Karam Utshab concludes in Sylhet
People from different districts attended the festival and performed their rituals. On the opening night, the community people, led by the chief, prayed under the ‘Holy Karam’ tree.
11 September 2019, 18:00 PM
A house that could have been a museum
A house which could have been a memorial or museum honouring women’s role in the independence movement against the British is occupied by the family of a local razakar.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Miscarriage in the tea gardens
“We can read it ourselves inside our homes but we can’t organise a reading circle to share the contents of the manual, without
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Electric poles in middle of road poses risk of accidents
Due to lack of coordination between institutions concerned, the renovation work of 686-metre-long road is going on without removing 12 electric poles in the middle of the road in Derai municipality in Sunamganj, posing serious risks of accidents.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Fishermen happy as native fish abundant in Hakaluki Haor
Native fish have been increasing gradually in Hakaluki Haor, much to the delight of local fishermen in three upazilas.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Selim Al Deen’s ‘Chaka’ staged in Srimangal
On an autumnal evening, when everyone else was exhausted from the heat, a group of people worked relentlessly to set the stage where the work of one of the country’s greatest playwright’s work would come to life.
31 August 2019, 18:00 PM
School that stays inundated 4 months a year
Every year during the monsoon, the Madangouri Government Primary School in Hakaluki Haor (large water body) area becomes inundated with water. Watch the Star Live video to know more.
29 August 2019, 13:25 PM
Tea workers’ children left with no classroom for months
Students of a high school in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have been taking classes on the premises of a temple for the last eight months.
The school in question is Bangabandhu High School, where mostly the children of indigenous tea garden workers are enrolled.
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Physically challenged yet indomitable
A physically challenged by birth, Md Afzal Hosain of Pattai village in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has set a laudable example of self-reliance and benevolent service through determination and hard work.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Classes hampered as school runs in old thatched house
Education of indigenous children enrolled with 106 No Satgaon Cha Bagan Chankhala Government Primary School in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar is hampered as their classes are held in an awfully dilapidated bamboo and straw made house.
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Paddy Procurement: Haor farmers still deprived of fair price
Despite different initiatives, most of the paddy farmers in Sunamganj are not benefitting from the government’s ongoing food procurement programme allegedly because of the actions of middlemen and lack of monitoring.
19 August 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Srabondhara’ held in Moulvibazar
This program was organised by Rabirashmi, an organisation that promotes music in Moulvibazar. They performed a musical gathering titled Srabondhara.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Quality treatment for kids at government hospital
The 250-bed District Hospital in Moulvibazar is now playing a significant role in providing quality treatment facilities for women in labour, newborn babies and children, thanks to the authorities’ special initiative that started in January 2017.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Biodiversity under threat as settlers clearing forest
Lathitila forest in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar faces a serious threat as settlers continue clearing forest areas for fruit cultivation and fish farming there.
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Tea Garden Workers: Losing links to the roots
After decades of discrimination, the communities of tea plantation workers in Sylhet region are on the verge of losing their native languages and traditions.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Four months ‘holiday’ every year!
Academic activities at Madan Gouri Government Primary School in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila come to a standstill with the advent of monsoon every year.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Haor boat makers happy with good business
With haors in Sylhet division getting filled to the brim by monsoon rains, the demand for boats has peaked.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM
X-ray machine lies idle for two decades
The lone X-ray machine at Moulvibazar’s Kulaura Health Complex has not once been used since the time it was purchased 24 years ago.
28 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Flood damages 847km roads in Sunamganj
Floods have caused severe damage to most roads in all eleven upazilas of Sunamganj, suspending road communications between many upazilas including the district headquarters and Tahirpur.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Road Thru’ Lawachhara: Govt to shut it to save wildlife
The government has taken an initiative to close the road and rail route that slices through Lawachhara reserve forest at Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, in an effort to protect the wildlife in the nature reserve.
12 July 2019, 18:00 PM