Mintu Deshwara

Election season is all about tall promises. Candidates go door-to-door and pledge different things to the voters, only to be a no-show for five years in many cases.

Election season is all about tall promises. Candidates go door-to-door and pledge different things to the voters, only to be a no-show for five years in many cases

They came here for comfort… sought refuge in the lush landscapes of the country. But little did they know, death awaited them in the very sanctuary they sought refuge in.

An immigrant family is currently engaged in hill-cutting activities to flatten the land for their house in South Baradohar area of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar.

Cops beat up the 18-year-old youth, whose body was found hanging in a room at Baniachong Police Station on Tuesday night, leaving him bleeding from his ears and nose, his mother alleged yesterday.

A rare red serow was rescued from near the Dhulara BGB Camp area under Sunamganj range of Sylhet Forest Division

Many farmers in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have changed their fortunes and gradually becoming self-reliant by cultivating winter vegetables on fallow land.

A man, casually holding a Kaleem bird, looks for potential buyers while another carries four slaughtered birds, including a white heron and a sarali duck, and hands it over to another buyer before vanishing amid the crowd within a blink of the eye -- this is what this correspondent was welcomed to as he stepped into Kashimpur market in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila.

Raghunandan Hill Reserve Forest in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of industrial waste.

When schools reopened after the Covid-enforced closures, many students, especially at the primary level, were found to be lagging behind in their studies.

All that I tried so far was to represent the tea garden people and write about their plight, alongside reporting about the regional affairs.

Muroichhara river, known as the lifeline of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila, is on its deathbed.

Dulali Paul is 19, and has already made a niche for herself as an artisan in idol crafting. Having watched her father Bijay Paul craft idols during puja festivals while growing up, she has garnered a passion for it.

The first post office in the country’s tea garden area quietly approaches its centenary in Sreemangal’s Moulvibazar.

Out of 50 sawmills located in Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj, 40 lack necessary documentation from relevant departments. These sawmills have been established within a 10-kilometre radius of protected and social forest areas.

More than 300 families are at risk of becoming homeless due to erosion of the Kalni river in Ajmiriganj upazila of Habiganj.

An upazila health complex, responsible for providing medical care to at least five lakh people in and around the upazila, has been unable to perform X-rays for the past 28 years due to the lack of a technician.

An upazila health complex, responsible for providing medical care to at least five lakh people in and around the upazila, has been unable to perform X-rays for the past 28 years due to the lack of a technician

Academic and administrative activities at Moulvibazar Polytechnic Institute are being hampered seriously due to manifold problems, including shortage of teachers and other essential employees.

Farmers in Sylhet division have seen tremendous success from the cultivation of green malta in the fallow lands this year.