Mintu Deshwara

Sudden collapse of a makeshift bamboo bridge over Satchhari Canal, connecting Tripura village with Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila headquarters, due to landslide caused by flash flood has left several families of the village in immense sufferings.

Students of Golgaon Government Primary School in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have been attending their classes amid risk of accident due to the dilapidated condition of the year-old schoolhouse.

Plumporis Ev, a Germany-based voluntary organisation, is working actively to preserve the endangered Bengal slow loris, locally known as “Lajjabati Banor” in Moulvibazar.

A century-old government-owned pond in Robirbazar area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has transformed into a desolate wasteland, as garbage is being dumped there indiscriminately for a while now.

It is the peak harvesting season for jackfruit in Bangladesh. As such, Brahmanbazar, a wholesale market in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, is abuzz with the presence of farmers and traders looking to profit off the tropical fruit.

The Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Madhabpur has been transformed into a dumping ground as municipality trucks have been throwing away and burning waste there indiscriminately for a while now.

Clonal tea seedlings, which are cloned from hybrid varieties of the plant, are helping develop the tea industry of Bangladesh by providing high yields of top-quality tea, according to growers.

From the humble confines of a mud wall house, where economic struggles cast their long shadows, emerges a woman who defies all odds and shatters gender norms.

Litchi growers in Moulvibazar fear a low production of the juicy summer fruit this year due to unfavourable weather condition during the peak time of flowering.

Construction work of Moulvibazar 132/33 KV Grid Substation sees very slow progress, much to the inconvenience of the consumers.

Around 400 acres of farmland in Moulvibazar’s two upazilas remain uncultivated every year for lack of a sluice gate in the Lachgang river in Kawadighi Haor area.

Indecision over selecting the right location has been delaying the construction work of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura Upazila Central Shaheed Minar.

Tea farmers in Bangladesh are concerned about seeing lower yields this year as much of their trees have been afflicted by various diseases and pests amid the ongoing heatwave and insufficient rain.

The lush forests of Moulvibazar in Bangladesh are home to a variety of wildlife, including the rare and endangered Phayre’s Leaf Monkey.

The Parer Tong village in Ashidron union under Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar is widely known as Korola’r Gram, or bitter gourd village, by vegetable wholesalers and traders all over Bangladesh.

Hundreds of temporary tea workers in the country are suffering due to a poor pay structure. Many of them are paid around 30 to 50 percent lower wages than permanent workers.

The topsoil of agricultural land is being sold to brick kilns in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, causing damage to the fertility of earth and subsequent less production of crops.

With an olive-grey coat decorated with black spots and stripes, fishing cats have fascinated wildlife enthusiasts for a long time.

Thousands of people from seven villages have been suffering as a concrete bridge remains without approach roads in Kaerchak area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district for three years.

While hotel, resorts, and restaurants in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal were fully prepared to welcome travellers during this Eid vacation, only a few visitors have confirmed their bookings