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No harvest, no eid: Habiganj farmers stare at debt

4 hour(s) ago
Continuous rainfall submerge boro fields, causing damage worth Tk 35-40 crore
4 hour(s) ago
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Measles outbreak dampens Eid tourism in Srimangal, Kamalganj

26 May 2026, 12:32 PM
Resort owners fear sharp income losses as advance bookings remain far below usual levels
26 May 2026, 12:32 PM
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200-year-old leather market in Moulvibazar fights for survival ahead of Eid

25 May 2026, 15:35 PM
Traders fear delayed tannery payments and rising costs could devastate Balikandi’s seasonal economy
25 May 2026, 15:35 PM
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'Nothing left to feed them': Flood-hit haor farmers forced to sell cattle at a loss

23 May 2026, 13:20 PM
Widespread crop losses leave livestock owners struggling to feed animals as prices collapse
23 May 2026, 13:20 PM
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25 trees felled inside Satchari park

23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
At least 25 trees, including several century-old teak trees, have been felled inside the protected Satchari National Park in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj over the past few days, alleged locals.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Girder collapses stall Jadukata bridge project

21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The construction of Shah Arefin (RA)-Advaita Mahaprabhu Maitree Bridge over the Jadukata river in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj has plunged into uncertainty after seven girders collapsed within two years.
21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Tea Workers Day: Over a century since Mulluke Cholo, how much has changed for tea workers?

20 May 2026, 13:00 PM
Every year on May 20, tea workers across Bangladesh observe Cha Shramik Dibosh: Tea Workers Day.
20 May 2026, 13:00 PM
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Clay toys lose ground as plastic dominates childhood

19 May 2026, 10:00 AM
Once central to rural Bengal, traditional pottery now struggles to survive amid plastic dominance and fading public interest.
19 May 2026, 10:00 AM
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Brick kilns threat to Hakaluki Haor

Around a dozen brick kilns in Hakaluki Haor area of Moulvibazar and Sylhet have continued operation with burning wood, polluting
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
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Brick kiln menace

Every day many children make their way to schools in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, Sylhet, under thick, black clouds of smoke
4 May 2018, 18:00 PM
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Nature Quest: Into those 'white eyes'

The magnificence of the Oriental White-eye lies exactly where the name suggests. The round, white orbs nestling the iris, looking
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Sreemangal abuzz with tourists

The scenic tourist spots of Sreemangal upazila in the district are buzzing with tourists, as many people from different places came to visit the area during the weeklong vacation.
3 May 2018, 18:00 PM
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150-yr-Old Zamindar Bari: Falling prey to grabber

A centuries-old Zaminder Bari in the the northeast village of Panidhar has withstood the test of time, braving the elements and being a home to three generations of a Hindu family.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM
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No protective clothing for tea workers

Tea garden workers in Sylhet are exposed to serious health hazards as they are not given protective clothing while spraying pesticides on the fields.
27 April 2018, 18:00 PM
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Bipasha finally gets a family of her own

Bipasha Akter, who was found abandoned by law enforcers from a village in Sunamganj just at the age of ten, is finally going to have a family of her own as today she is getting married.
27 April 2018, 08:24 AM
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Unabated dumping of industrial wastes

The water of the Sutang river in Habiganj has turned pitch black due to unabated dumping of wastes from nearby industrial units for the last few years.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM
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Father linked to Beauty killing

The probe into the rape and murder of Beauty Akhter took a dramatic turn as the Habiganj police chief yesterday said key accused Babul Mia was not the killer. Instead, her father Sayed Ali, uncle Moyna Mia and a hired killer were involved in the murder.
7 April 2018, 18:00 PM
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Beauty Murder: Police arrest key suspect

Law enforcers yesterday arrested the main accused in the case over Beauty Akhter's rape and murder in Habiganj.
31 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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Nature Quest: Elongated tortoise, shrinking habitat

The elongated tortoise is a species of tortoise once found in different areas of the country including Sylhet.
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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Sylhet tea workers at high risk

The tea workers in Sylhet region are at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) due to unhygienic living, malnutrition and lack of awareness.
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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Unprotected Lawacherra

Lawacherra forest in Kamalganj upazila under the district remains highly vulnerable as tree looting goes on unabated in absence of
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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Duck farming now a saviour for many haor women

Many women in haor areas of Sunamganj have found alternative source of income in duck rearing after losing their crops to last year's
8 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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Bumper Harvest: Wholesale price of tomatoes drops to Tk 1 a kg

A bumper harvest of tomatoes had cause the wholesale prices in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj to plummet to as low as Tk 1 per kg from Tk 45 in December last year.
21 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Languages, cultures at stake

Small indigenous groups living in tea gardens of Sylhet division are gradually losing their own languages and cultures as the hard-
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM
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Winter birds' arrival decreases

Hakaluki Haor, the largest marshy wetland area in the country, is now lively with the chirping and fluttering of flocks of migratory
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
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Haor dev office lying idle for year

The regional office of the Directorate of Haor and Wetland Development at Shologhar in Sunamganj town has hardly seen any work
6 February 2018, 18:00 PM
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Fertility in peril as topsoil sold to brick kilns

A vast tract of cultivable land around Hakaluki Haor area is losing its fertility day by day as farmers are lured into selling the topsoil to brick kilns in four upazilas of the district.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM
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Still there, poisoning the Surma

In the middle of 2016, a two-story building on the east side of the Surma river, near the Kazirbazar bridge in Sylhet city, was
21 January 2018, 18:00 PM

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