Mintu Deshwara

Academic activities at 40 primary schools in Gowainghat and Jointapur upazilas of Sylhet have remained suspended for the last week as the institutions are still under floodwater.

Heavy rain and the onrush water from the hills triggered a flash flood in Gowainghat and Jointapur upazilas of Sylhet

Mindless use of public roads for threshing paddy during the ongoing harvesting season is disrupting vehicular movement in different areas of the district.

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against nine people in the case filed in connection with the killing of four schoolboys in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj in February.

String bean farmers in Kulaura upazila of the district are happy with a bumper yield and good prices for the vegetable this season.

Environmentalists and citizen groups yesterday formed a human chain at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar, protesting setting up of stone crushing machines in haors and wetlands in the district's Jaintapur upazila.

Environmental activists yesterday held a music event on the bank of the Surma to raise voice against grabbing and pollution of the

Welsi Amse has always dreamt that her children would become doctors one day. She has been squeezing every penny possible from the

An accused in the Habiganj four-kid murder case was killed in a "gunfight" with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the district's Chunarughat upazila early yesterday, eight days after law enforcers allegedly picked him up. The dead, Bachchu Mia, was a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver who had been traceless since being “detained by plainclothes officials” on February 17, according to his family members.

More than seven people were involved in the killing of the four children at Sundartiki of Bahubal in Habiganj, said accused Jewel Mia in his confessional statement before a magistrate yesterday.

Police arrested another person for his suspected link in the killing of four kids at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj from

Who would console them? What on earth could heal their bleeding hearts?

Minara Begum could hardly speak to anyone since villagers dug her son's body out of a sand pile on Wednesday. Shell-shocked, she just shed tears silently, holding the boy's clothes tight.

The number of migratory birds in Hakaluki and Tanguar haors has increased this year compared to that of last year, the latest census shows.

Sculptors are busy making idols in Sylhet district as Saraswati Puja comes up on February 13. They look forward to the occasion as they hope to earn a good sum after a lull the rest of the year.

Tea workers of Chandpur Tea Estate have expressed desire to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her Sylhet visit on January 21 to

This is not one of those usual fairs where craft items from weavers and potters are the main attractions. This is a fair where people rush for the love of fish, all kinds of fresh-water fish.

Tea garden workers in Habiganj yesterday issued a 16-day ultimatum to the government to cancel the move towards setting up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Chunarughat upazila.

Tea garden workers in the district's Chandpur Tea Estate yesterday turned to music to mobilise support for their demonstration against the setting up of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) there.

Once their forefathers had ruled a fairly large territory; once they had a royal throne. But all those glories have faded into a distant past.