Mintu Deshwara

An upazila health complex, responsible for providing medical care to at least five lakh people in and around the upazila, has been unable to perform X-rays for the past 28 years due to the lack of a technician.

An upazila health complex, responsible for providing medical care to at least five lakh people in and around the upazila, has been unable to perform X-rays for the past 28 years due to the lack of a technician

Academic and administrative activities at Moulvibazar Polytechnic Institute are being hampered seriously due to manifold problems, including shortage of teachers and other essential employees.

Farmers in Sylhet division have seen tremendous success from the cultivation of green malta in the fallow lands this year.

Sixty-year-old Sujan Dofo, a resident of Balukona Punjee, indigenous village, in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, used to be solely involved in cultivating betel leaves for a living.

Since 1990, the number of vultures in the subcontinent has been rapidly declining. According to the Forest Department, there were 1,972 vultures in the country in 2008. In the last census conducted in  2015, that number fell to 260.

Alongside its tea estates, one thing that tourists also look to relish while visiting Sylhet is the local betel leaf cultivated there, also known as Khasi Paan.

A bridge, built over a canal at Rupnagar village in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila over one and a half decades ago, has been lying unused since construction as it does not have an approach road on one side, causing immense suffering to residents of several nearby villages.

Traditionally, beans are cultivated during the winter. However, the SAU Bean-1 (Sikribi-1) variety, which has been developed by Sylhet Agricultural University, exhibits remarkable adaptability, allowing it to thrive even during the summer in Moulvibazar.

Continuous downpour over the past few days have left connecting roads of a concrete bridge in Ajmiriganj upazila of Habiganj  in a dilapidated state.

Risk of hill collapse and landslides amid monsoon mounts in Jaychandi union in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila as hill razing continues unabated in the area.

Law enforcers discovered another hideout of the new militant group “Imam Mahmuder Kafela” in the hills of Karmadha union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura yesterday.

Locals yesterday apprehended 17 people from Karmarha union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on suspicion of their involvement with a new militant outfit called “Imam Mahmuder Kafela”.

Counter-terrorism police yesterday arrested 10 people – six women and four men – in a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Moulvibazar.

Moulvibazar District Sadar Hospital used to be a place of hope for the people of tea gardens and haor areas.

Moulvibazar District Manpower and Employment Office has been facing significant challenges to deliver services to people seeking overseas employment, as the office is running amid an acute shortage of staffers.

Lawachhara National Park is an important sanctuary, buzzing with rare and endangered animals. However, its wildlife is facing a significant challenge when it comes to co-existing with the railway and regional road that passes through it.

A 15-metre bridge construction project over the Ghungijuri canal in Moulvibazar, undertaken by the Directorate of Disaster Management in the financial year 2021-22, has turned into a failure even before its official inauguration.

“The school is about 2.5 kilometres from my house. But I only have to walk for about half a kilometre to reach it, and don’t even have to take off my shoes while crossing the canal on foot,” said Nigom Tanti, a fifth-grader at Kalighat Government Primary School.

Residents of Moulvibazar’s Hajipur and Sharifpur unions have long been demanding a bridge over the Manu River, and finally, authorities decided to construct one at a cost of Tk 100 crore.