Cattle graze on Tk 50cr idle land port
9 September 2026
Built at a cost of nearly Tk 50 crore, Balla land port in the north-eastern district of Habiganj now stands largely unused, with parts of its infrastructure overrun by jungle and cattle grazing on the premises.
9 September 2026
Cattle graze on Tk 50cr idle land port
8 September 2026
According to locals, the project was taken up because of the “special interest” of a senior government official from Habiganj. The Bangladesh Land Port Authority chairman, however, rejected the claim, saying there was no official reference to support it.
8 September 2026
Large teak tree felled and stolen from Lawachara National Park
7 September 2026
Forest guards and beat officer were at Jankichhara camp gate and main gate at the time of the incident
7 September 2026
Three floods in two months, and no time to recover
5 September 2026
Habiganj’s Kaliganj residents struggle to repair homes and recover losses as repeated flooding hits at least 30 villages
5 September 2026
Century-old Shamshernagar station buried under mountain of garbage
22 August 2026
With no permanent dumping site, commuters, traders and residents face stench, insects and health concerns every day
22 August 2026
BNP, AL leaders among 20 accused in Satchari tree-felling case
20 August 2026
Forest Department files case on instructions from PMO and environment ministry
20 August 2026
Tea workers intensify protests for Tk 500 daily wage
17 August 2026
Protests spread as workers reject 5% wage increment and demand union election
17 August 2026
Vacancies, silted ponds leave Moulvibazar govt fish farm struggling
16 August 2026
It can produce only a fraction of the district's demand amid manpower shortages and ageing infrastructure
16 August 2026
Bidyanondo takes food to 500 tea workers' families in Habiganj amid shutdown
Bidyanondo Foundation, a non-profit social welfare organisation, distributed food among 500 tea workers’ families in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj, who had been languishing since authorities shut down the tea garden following a clash with them on March 5.
14 April 2020
Haor people repair embankment at own initiative
People of twenty villages near the five-kilometre road cum embankment from Sherpur to Naluar Haor in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj have continued voluntary work to reconstruct the road to protect their croplands and houses and roads,
28 March 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic: Tea workers exposed to high risk
About five lakh people living and working in 163 tea gardens in the country seem vulnerable during the ongoing spread of coronavirus as they often come in close contacts.
28 March 2020
1200 tea workers live miserable life for over 3 weeks
More than 1000 tea workers’ families have been living a miserable life since the authorities shut Rema tea garden in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila following a clash with tea workers on March 5.
26 March 2020
World Tuberculosis Day: Tea workers exposed to TB
Thirteen-year-old orphan Supra Bawri’s lives with her grandparents on the Jagchara tea estate in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar.
23 March 2020
Destruction of Hills: Railway at it too in Barlekha
Defying laws intended to conserve the nature and forests in the country, different organisations affiliated with the government continue to destroy natural topography in the name of various development projects across the country.
18 March 2020
20-Bed Hospital in Sunamganj: Left empty for 6 years
Six years has passed since the government built the hospital, but it is yet to serve any patient as the authorities have still not sanctioned the necessary workforce to get the facility up and running.
13 March 2020
‘To the roots we must go’
For the first time ever, a day-long Fagua festival was held in the remote Sreemangal upazila headquarters, about 42 kilometres from Moulvibazar district town.
13 March 2020
Unplanned river excavation puts bridge under threat M
Indiscriminate earth lifting threatens a locally important bridge over the Fanai River in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar.
5 March 2020
Dreams unfulfilled
Md Zaker from Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar grew up in a family with never-ending financial crisis.
4 March 2020
Services elusive at Lawachhara Wildlife Rescue Centre
The Wildlife Rescue Centre of Lawachhara National Park in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila hardly serves any purpose as the arrangement meant for the treatment of injured and sick wild animals is running without skilled manpower and treatment facilities for years.
2 March 2020
Two Moulvibazar bridges under threat as silica sand lifting on
A railway bridge and a road bridge over the Barachhara canal in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar faces risk due to large scale extraction of silica sand within half a kilometre of the important structures.
29 February 2020
Century-old British cemetery in Moulvibazar
'In Loving Memory of My Husband', wrote British citizen JCG on one of the five nameless gravestones at the Dunstone Cemetery, located 16 kilometers from Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.
27 February 2020
A Shaheed Minar falling apart
Just a couple of days ahead of Language Martyrs’ Day on February 21, the central Shaheed Minar of Kulaura upazila under Moulvibazar lies in an awful condition.
17 February 2020
Hills under threat as silica sand lifting unabated
Mindless extraction of silica sand in Mirzapur area under Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar poses threat to environment and ecology.
16 February 2020
Broccoli farming sees success in Moulvibazar haor
It was hard for any ordinary farmer to see the prospect of an uncommon vegetable in haor region where cultivation of any crops other than paddy is somewhat unlikely.
13 February 2020
Their dreams turned into despair
Alam Ahmed had left for Oman barely six months ago, after borrowing around Tk 5 lakh from relatives and a local NGO.
9 February 2020
Waterbodies at the mercy of polluters
The effluent from several industries in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj is polluting local canals and rivers, threatening fish population and adversely affecting people’s lives in the area.
6 February 2020
Defying DoE Order: Influential man filling up pond
Defying an order by the Department of Environment (DoE), a pond is being filled up illegally to make way for a two-storey building in Sreemangal upazila headquarters.
2 February 2020
Recovered railway land under illegal occupiers in two months
Hardly two months after recovery from illegal occupiers, a large area of Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) land near Sreemangal station in Moulvibazar is again under the grabbers’ possession.
29 January 2020