No protective clothing for tea workers
Tea garden workers in Sylhet are exposed to serious health hazards as they are not given protective clothing while spraying pesticides on the fields.
27 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Bipasha finally gets a family of her own
Bipasha Akter, who was found abandoned by law enforcers from a village in Sunamganj just at the age of ten, is finally going to have a family of her own as today she is getting married.
27 April 2018, 08:24 AM
Unabated dumping of industrial wastes
The water of the Sutang river in Habiganj has turned pitch black due to unabated dumping of wastes from nearby industrial units for the last few years.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Father linked to Beauty killing
The probe into the rape and murder of Beauty Akhter took a dramatic turn as the Habiganj police chief yesterday said key accused Babul Mia was not the killer. Instead, her father Sayed Ali, uncle Moyna Mia and a hired killer were involved in the murder.
7 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Beauty Murder: Police arrest key suspect
Law enforcers yesterday arrested the main accused in the case over Beauty Akhter's rape and murder in Habiganj.
31 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Nature Quest: Elongated tortoise, shrinking habitat
The elongated tortoise is a species of tortoise once found in different areas of the country including Sylhet.
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Sylhet tea workers at high risk
The tea workers in Sylhet region are at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) due to unhygienic living, malnutrition and lack of awareness.
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Unprotected Lawacherra
Lawacherra forest in Kamalganj upazila under the district remains highly vulnerable as tree looting goes on unabated in absence of
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Duck farming now a saviour for many haor women
Many women in haor areas of Sunamganj have found alternative source of income in duck rearing after losing their crops to last year's
8 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Bumper Harvest: Wholesale price of tomatoes drops to Tk 1 a kg
A bumper harvest of tomatoes had cause the wholesale prices in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj to plummet to as low as Tk 1 per kg from Tk 45 in December last year.
21 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Languages, cultures at stake
Small indigenous groups living in tea gardens of Sylhet division are gradually losing their own languages and cultures as the hard-
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Winter birds' arrival decreases
Hakaluki Haor, the largest marshy wetland area in the country, is now lively with the chirping and fluttering of flocks of migratory
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Haor dev office lying idle for year
The regional office of the Directorate of Haor and Wetland Development at Shologhar in Sunamganj town has hardly seen any work
6 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Fertility in peril as topsoil sold to brick kilns
A vast tract of cultivable land around Hakaluki Haor area is losing its fertility day by day as farmers are lured into selling the topsoil to brick kilns in four upazilas of the district.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Still there, poisoning the Surma
In the middle of 2016, a two-story building on the east side of the Surma river, near the Kazirbazar bridge in Sylhet city, was
21 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Nature Quest: Bamboo trinket snake found in Lawachhara
A black-banded trinket, a species of rat snakes, was found near Lawacherra National Forest in Moulvibazar. A stunningly beautiful creature, this was the first time it was discovered alive in the country.
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
School kids at risk as stone lifting continues
Even after Wednesday's accident that killed a worker and injured another, stone extraction has continued at a quarry in Kalairag area
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Brick kilns pose threat to Hakaluki ecology
Operation of brick kilns in the Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) of Hakaluki Haor badly affects environment and
13 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Endangered vulture gets new life
The rescue of a white-rumped vulture from Sreemangal of Moulvibazar once again turned the spotlight on the majestic but endangered creature.
11 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Cracks in FF's sculpture
The sculpture of a martyred freedom fighter, built two years ago in Dakkhin Sunamganj upazila, has developed cracks in the last eight
26 December 2017, 18:00 PM