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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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