Mintu Deshwara

Like elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in Sylhet city are busy making sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial

A cattle market sitting on the railway line near Bhanugach outer and home signals of Shamshernagar Railway Station

For class-eight student Moni Chattri who lives in Hazaribagh tea garden in Moulvibazar's Kamalganj upazila, reaching school was

People going to visit Tanguar haor first come to Sunamganj town. Then they take an auto-rickshaw or motorcycle to Tahirpur upazila, which is 35km away. But nowadays the travel would not be as easy as before -- the road has been devastated.

Picture a forest where foxes and fishing cats prowl in good number, where lizard and snake species thrive, where aquatic birds and waders flock to forage. Imagine a hidden place of semi-submerged trees such as hijol, boruna and koroch growing among

A bridge over a wetland in Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet could not be opened to traffic during the last two years for lack of approach road on either side due to a case over land acquisition.

Around 600 ducks died due to food crisis following the recent flood in Sunamganj Sadar upazila, adding to the woes of farmers in the

Flood affected people in Juri, Kulaura and Barlekha upazilas in Hakaluki Haor areas of the district are worried due to suspension of open market sale (OMS) of rice and vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programmes ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

When rain deluges the haor wetlands of Moulvibazar, boats become for many the only practical transport option.

Cultivation of traditional Khasi paan (betel leaf) in Sylhet region faces setback due to attack by a virus, locally known as utram, for over a month.

Modongouri Government Primary School in Moulvibazar's Kulaura upazila, which has around 200 students enrolled, has been closed

Running alongside the Dhaka-Sylhet railway track, there was once a picturesque road.

Environmentalists, civil society members and public representatives have termed anti-nature activities including encroachment of

After the devastating April floods caused the extensive destruction of rice crops across the Sunamganj haor-lands, many village families were left without a livelihood.

Classes of 12 No Modon Gouri Government Primary School in Kulaura upazila under the district remain suspended for a few months every year as the school situated in Hakaluki Haor area faces long floods.

In around 100 villages across three Moulvibazar upazilas the monsoon months leave small 'nouka' boats as the only practical means of

Consider a cup of tea: too much water and it's barely delectable; not enough and no amount of sugar can mask the bitterness. Sylhet's

Maybe her fate was also sealed like the wild elephant, Bangabahadur, who floated into the country from Assam last year and eventually died amid “inadequate” efforts of the authorities concerned.

The two hundred students of No. 44 Basudeb Saran Government Primary School in Baudharan village in Jagannathpur upazila of

Environmentalists and civil society members at a rally in Khowaimukh area of Habiganj district town on Friday demanded immediate