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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
The government-run farm has nine ponds, including three for brood fish used in egg collection. Photo: Star

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
monsoon damage in Satchari National Park Bangladesh

Monsoon mayham leaves Satchari wildlife ponds in peril

12 August 2026
Spanning 243 hectares, Satchari is considered one of the country's most biodiversity-rich protected areas
12 August 2026
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Books make a comeback in Sreemangal schools

12 August 2026
During the tiffin break at Victoria High School in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal, a group of students were doing something that has become quite unusual these days: reading for pleasure.
12 August 2026

Erosion leaves over 100 households at risk

12 August 2026
“Every night we go to bed fearing our house could disappear into the river before morning,” said Anhar Mia, standing beside a cracked flood protection embankment in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila.
12 August 2026
book reading festival in Sreemangal Moulvibazar

In Sreemangal, books are making a comeback

11 August 2026
Hundreds of students are discovering literature beyond their textbooks through a reading festival
11 August 2026
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Indigenous Peoples' Day / Tea, toil and a fading heritage

9 August 2026
A visit to tea gardens in Sreemangal in Moulvibazar and Chanpur in Habiganj found workers picking tea leaves under scorching sun and heavy rain. Many said they had never heard of the day
9 August 2026
Dressed in traditional white clothing and a turban, Robi Munda plays the nagara at the Harmony Festival

What remains of Bangladesh's fading ethnic traditions

9 August 2026
Modernisation threatens Bangladesh ethnic traditions, making the preservation of indigenous cultural artefacts and musical instruments increasingly vital.
9 August 2026
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Together, they work tirelessly to repair a dyke

A breach in the Manu River embankment in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has led to widespread flooding, submerging over 35 villages and causing significant damage to crop fields, houses, and roads.
27 August 2024
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No parent should bear this loss

Says mother of Mostak, 24, who was fatally shot
16 August 2024
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Nabiganj’s vanishing hills

Unabated hill cutting by unscrupulous syndicates has become a serious concern in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj.
15 August 2024
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Services at a standstill as most UP chairmen flee

Most union parishad chairmen in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, who are also Awami League leaders, have gone into hiding following the fall of Sheikh Hasina due to a mass upsurge.
12 August 2024
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Potholes all along

A seven-kilometre stretch of road from Sadpasha in Prithimpasha union to Muroichhara in Karmadha union in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has long been in a dilapidated state.
11 August 2024
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School reopening: Students stay away from schools in Sylhet

Educational institutions across Sylhet division reopened on Tuesday following a government directive. However, many schools reported near-zero student attendance.
9 August 2024
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Fewer shops open as curfew lifted

Even after curfew was lifted from 6:00am yesterday, very few shops and businesses opened in Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sunamganj and Sylhet district towns following a prolonged period of unrest and uncertainty.
6 August 2024
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Boat prices rise amid flood

With flood still inundating vast expanse of land across the Sylhet division, including the haor (wetland) areas in Habiganj, boats have become an indispensable mode of communication as well as livelihood for the affected people.
5 August 2024
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23 Tripura Families: Landslide threat looms large over them

The indigenous Tripura community has lived for generations in the Satchhari National Park of Chunarughat upazila, Habiganj.
2 August 2024
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Sylhet Flood: 66,584 houses damaged in three districts

As their house was damaged in the ongoing flood, Aftab Uddin’s family has been living in Bara Maidan High School shelter for 23 days at Talimpur union in Barlekha upazila, Moulvibazar.
2 August 2024
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Wastes being dumped near reserve forest

For the past several years, local residents have been dumping household wastes in the open on Olipur-Shahjibazar road in Brahmandura union under Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj.
1 August 2024
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Soaring veggie prices leave people in a pickle

Prices of vegetables have surged sharply over the past one week in markets across Moulvibazar due to a shortage of vehicles for transporting the produce amid the ongoing nationwide curfew, as well as potential price manipulation by traders.
28 July 2024
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Academic activities suspended at 665 schools

Academic activities of at least 665 educational institutions have been suspended for the last 12 days across Sylhet division due to flooding.
15 July 2024
Under water for three weeks and counting

Under water for three weeks and counting

The houses are barely standing on bamboo poles with fences broken, other parts dilapidated, and foundation submerged under water.
2 July 2024
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Waterlogged Kulaura Health Complex: Walkway brings relief to patients, visitors

Persistent rain in Kulaura of Moulvibazar district has left the upazila health complex severely flooded over the past 15 days.
28 June 2024
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Century-old school at landslide risk

The KB Ehia Government Primary School in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar is at risk of a landslide happening at any moment from a neighbouring hillock amid monsoon.
27 June 2024
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Sylhet Flood leaves wildlife in peril

The ongoing flood across the Sylhet division has left wildlife in the region in peril.
25 June 2024
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The living ‘dead’

Md Enamul Haque, a living and breathing individual, has recently discovered a shocking truth.
24 June 2024
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Picking up the pieces

With water levels receding, hundreds of people in Sylhet are returning to their homes from shelter centres. Many have begun rebuilding their damaged houses.
23 June 2024
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Floods In Sylhet: Farmers count the losses

As soon as the second wave of flash floods hit Sylhet in the early hours of June 17, Moklisur Rahman, a fish farmer in Gowainghat upazila, knew he was going to lose all his fish, which he had worked very hard to raise in his three ponds.
22 June 2024

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