Mintu Deshwara

Retired teacher turns her balcony into a classroom to revive Meitei Mayek

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.

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.”

At the edge of a small market in Palkichhara tea garden under Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, a couple walks hand in hand every morning. For 25 years, that clasped grip has been their strength against hunger, humiliation and heartbreak.

At dawn, when the mist hangs low over the canopy and the first call of the gibbon echoes through the trees, Lawachara feels untouched by the world beyond its borders.

In the verdant landscape of Moulvibazar-2 (Kulaura), the campaign of Sadia Noshin Tasnim Chowdhury, candidate of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, stands apart from the established norm.

Baikka Beel, a wetland now facing a deepening crisis of protection, was officially closed to public access a year ago.

Tucked away in the serene hills of Sreemangal, a natural wonder has begun to draw in nature lovers and thrill-seeking tourists.

Tea garden workers in Sylhet division remain largely indifferent to voting, citing decades of neglect and unfulfilled promises by elected representatives.

Crumbling infrastructure and staff crisis hamper treatment as patients rise in Sylhet division

Primary reason is the scarcity of slanted bamboo and binni variety rice

Road development work in front of Gobardhanpur Government Primary School in Narendrapur village of Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila has been disrupting academic activities and posing health risks to students.

Tearful farewell for Parveen Sultana, whose school became a home for village students in Moulvibazar

A vested syndicate has long been engaged in illegal tree felling in the Satchari and Rema-Kalenga reserved forests in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj, putting the biodiversity of the protected areas at serious risk.

Indiscriminate extraction of fertile topsoil from agricultural land during the dry season continues unabated in Habiganj, posing a serious threat to food security and environmental sustainability, warn environmentalists and locals.

Weak enforcement and covert trade leave winter migratory birds vulnerable across Moulvibazar's fragile wetlands

The Rajkandi Forest Range, one of the country’s richest natural forests and home to rare wildlife, dense vegetation, and bamboo groves, is under growing threat due to the construction of unapproved structures within its boundaries.

Bangladesh Railway land worth around Tk 1,000 crore has been illegally grabbed across 11 stations along the Sylhet-Akhaura route in Moulvibazar.

Sellers slip into the shadows as mobile courts raid markets, but demand and trapping continue

Celebrates new year with colourful ‘Seng Kut Snem’ festival