Dwoha Chowdhury

A book festival to mark the resurgence of Sylheti Nagri script was celebrated at Kazi Nazrul Auditorium in Sylhet city on Friday

It was during the evening of December 16, 2017. When the entire country was celebrating Victory Day, Hobi Miah, Helim Uddin and some other workers were illegally extracting stones from a pit at Kalairag of Companiganj upazila.

Sylhet, a city over 700 years old, has been facing a major crisis over the last 20 years where it has been steadily losing its greenery and turning into a concrete jungle like many other parts of the country.

The year 2017 will long be remembered in the areas of the haor wetlands of Sunamganj as an annus horribilis. Excessive rain and flash

As soon as the clock struck nine, Malek Hossain Pir sat on the balcony in front of the deputy commissioner's office in Sylhet's

Legend has it that famous landlord Hason Raja Chowdhury used to arrive in Sylhet on his beautifully decorated bojra, a traditional type

Once Sylhet city was known for its dighis (large ponds) -- flowing uninterrupted under the open sky without any fear of encroachment

After a captivating five days of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) cricket, fans in Sylhet will return to their usual

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) can be a taxing event to any cricketer and this, the fifth edition of the tournament, is no different. Hence it is understandable that management has afforded rest days, with yesterday being one such day.

Sadia Begum, a nine-year-old girl from Badambagicha, an area near the Sylhet International Stadium, was carrying her three-year-old younger brother Sami up a hillock adjacent to the venue.

Sylhet is always a great welcoming venue, whether it is cricket or football.

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.

Kushiara Power Company Ltd, a power plant located in Sylhet's Fenchuganj, has started to supply 110 megawatts of electricity to the

Fresh onrush of flood water has submerged parts of the hilly southeast -- Bandarban and Chittagong -- while Sylhet in the country's

The flooding in Sylhet might take an alarming turn and trigger landslides in the hilly areas as heavy rain is expected to continue falling

Sylhet might be on the verge of another disaster after 2004 as flood has affected most of its upazilas following overflow of all the rivers, canals, haors and marshes due to heavy rain and flash flood.

Heavy rain, flash flood and excessive waterflow from the upstream rivers have worsened the flood situation in many upazilas of the division.

Severe shortage of fodder has turned into a crisis in the haor areas as the recent flash flood damaged almost all the Boro crops in the north-eastern part of the country, with the district being the worst hit.

Even a few months ago, Khushi Rani Das was all smiles when she saw the green sheaves of Boro paddy on her two acres of land in Sunamganj's Tahirpur.

Around a thousand people gathered in front of Bishwambarpur upazila parishad complex on Friday morning to buy rice being sold as part of an Open Market Sale scheme without any idea who were to get the assistance.