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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
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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
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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
Photo: Mintu Deshwara

'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Music with a mission

With this month’s flood ravaging communities, sweeping away homes and leaving people and livestock amid acute shortage of food and drinking water, a grim scenario now prevails across Moulvibazar.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Together, they work tirelessly to repair a dyke

A breach in the Manu River embankment in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has led to widespread flooding, submerging over 35 villages and causing significant damage to crop fields, houses, and roads.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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No parent should bear this loss

Says mother of Mostak, 24, who was fatally shot
16 August 2024, 18:22 PM
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Nabiganj’s vanishing hills

Unabated hill cutting by unscrupulous syndicates has become a serious concern in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Services at a standstill as most UP chairmen flee

Most union parishad chairmen in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, who are also Awami League leaders, have gone into hiding following the fall of Sheikh Hasina due to a mass upsurge.
12 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Potholes all along

A seven-kilometre stretch of road from Sadpasha in Prithimpasha union to Muroichhara in Karmadha union in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has long been in a dilapidated state.
11 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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School reopening: Students stay away from schools in Sylhet

Educational institutions across Sylhet division reopened on Tuesday following a government directive. However, many schools reported near-zero student attendance.
9 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Fewer shops open as curfew lifted

Even after curfew was lifted from 6:00am yesterday, very few shops and businesses opened in Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sunamganj and Sylhet district towns following a prolonged period of unrest and uncertainty.
6 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Boat prices rise amid flood

With flood still inundating vast expanse of land across the Sylhet division, including the haor (wetland) areas in Habiganj, boats have become an indispensable mode of communication as well as livelihood for the affected people.
5 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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23 Tripura Families: Landslide threat looms large over them

The indigenous Tripura community has lived for generations in the Satchhari National Park of Chunarughat upazila, Habiganj.
2 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Sylhet Flood: 66,584 houses damaged in three districts

As their house was damaged in the ongoing flood, Aftab Uddin’s family has been living in Bara Maidan High School shelter for 23 days at Talimpur union in Barlekha upazila, Moulvibazar.
2 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Wastes being dumped near reserve forest

For the past several years, local residents have been dumping household wastes in the open on Olipur-Shahjibazar road in Brahmandura union under Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj.
1 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Soaring veggie prices leave people in a pickle

Prices of vegetables have surged sharply over the past one week in markets across Moulvibazar due to a shortage of vehicles for transporting the produce amid the ongoing nationwide curfew, as well as potential price manipulation by traders.
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Academic activities suspended at 665 schools

Academic activities of at least 665 educational institutions have been suspended for the last 12 days across Sylhet division due to flooding.
15 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Under water for three weeks and counting

Under water for three weeks and counting

The houses are barely standing on bamboo poles with fences broken, other parts dilapidated, and foundation submerged under water.
2 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Waterlogged Kulaura Health Complex: Walkway brings relief to patients, visitors

Persistent rain in Kulaura of Moulvibazar district has left the upazila health complex severely flooded over the past 15 days.
28 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Century-old school at landslide risk

The KB Ehia Government Primary School in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar is at risk of a landslide happening at any moment from a neighbouring hillock amid monsoon.
27 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Sylhet Flood leaves wildlife in peril

The ongoing flood across the Sylhet division has left wildlife in the region in peril.
25 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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The living ‘dead’

Md Enamul Haque, a living and breathing individual, has recently discovered a shocking truth.
24 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Picking up the pieces

With water levels receding, hundreds of people in Sylhet are returning to their homes from shelter centres. Many have begun rebuilding their damaged houses.
23 June 2024, 18:00 PM

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