Mintu Deshwara

Meritorious Mala Jhora still does not know whether she will be able to manage finance for her admission into a public university as her tea worker parents do not have the ability to support her education expenditure.

The red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) has made a triumphant return to its old home in Lawachhara forest in Kamalganj Upazila of Moulvibazar.

Padmo Beel, a natural water body adorned with innumerable lotuses, adds to the tourist attraction in Baniachong upazila of Habiganj, a district noted for a wide range of natural beauty, including extensive tea gardens, Laksmibawar Jolarbon and famous Kamalarani Dighi.

Mindless lifting of sand from a canal flowing along a tea garden in Habiganj's Chunarughat upazila has led to the collapse of a bridge and eroded at least 40 houses, affecting hundreds of families in the area.

Eighth grader Poli Malakar was sobbing. She feared that she might not be allowed to sit for the model tests as she had tuition due. It was the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) who eventually paved the way for her to sit for the exams.

The contract made between tea workers and tea garden owners expired last year. They spent the last two years fighting for their minimum wage to be increased from Tk 85 per day to Tk 230. This would have brought their monthly cash wages from Tk 2,550 to TK 6,900, which is approximately equivalent to the minimum wages of the ready-made garments sector.

An endangered green cat snake, sheltered at Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation in Sreemangal upazila of the district, laid four eggs there on Monday, much to the enthusiasm of foundation officials as well as locals.

Two important bridges over the Monu river and a nearby embankment in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar are at risk due to extensive riverbed sand extraction just 500 metres from the bridges.

The approach road to Nolujur bridge in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj collapsed on December 6 in 2017 but has not been repaired as yet.

Bamboo groves, poised magnificently like arched gateways, welcome visitors to the misty woodland of Lawachhara National Park, the final frontier of the old forests.

As flood water recedes, thousands of affected families, from two districts in Sylhet division, are returning home only to see their dwellings ravaged by the deluge.

It was supposed to be a good day for Nepurun Begum. The 50-year-old maid had worked extra hard in the last three months, hoping to please her family on Eid. She has a son and a daughter. They are 25 and 17 years respectively. They are both physically challenged and ever since her husband passed away, 15 years ago, she has been the sole earner of her family.

Heavy rain and onrush of water from the hills have badly damaged the roads in four upazilas of Sylhet and five upazilas of Moulvibazar, disrupting communication in the division and causing immense sufferings to the people of at least 50 unions.

Flood victims in the district are badly suffering from lack of pure drinking water although the overall flood situation has slightly improved with the decrease of water level of Manu and Dhalai rivers yesterday.

Fresh threat is looming over flash flood-affected district of Moulvibazar from the north with the surging Kushiyara River gradually weakening its embankment.

Thousands of people in Moulvibazar's five upazilas are facing a shortage of relief supplies following the flashflood.

Road link between Bangladesh and Tripura remain cut off as the bridge connecting Kailashahar to Moulvibazar collapsed due to onrush of flood waters.

For five days now, hundreds of people of Kulaura’s Sharifpur are struggling to make it through on the embankments, surviving only on puffed rice and unsafe drinking water.

Weaving is an integral part of the traditional Manipuri life. For their elegant, exquisite and colourful designs and textures, the handloom products are not only coveted by all, they also play a vital role in their economy.

A century-old government pond in Beanibazar municipality in Sylhet has become a safe breeding zone for mosquitoes as it has been turned into a waste dumping spot. The pond, covering 63 decimals of land, is owned by Sylhet Zila Parishad and is situated in the middle of Beanibazar municipality near Beanibazar Uttar Bazar Jame Mosque.