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Mintu Deshwara

Moulvibazar betel nut trees cut down

8,000 betel nut trees cut in Moulvibazar, 65 indigenous families fear livelihood crisis

2 October 2026
Nursery Panpunji's jhum cultivating indigenous community faces security concerns over covert attack on their only livelihood
2 October 2026
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Indefinite transport strike begins in Habiganj

1 October 2026
Passengers stranded as bus services suspended over alleged detention, assault of workers
1 October 2026
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Habiganj transport owners call strike from tomorrow as row with Moulvibazar owners deepens

30 September 2026
Detained buses and failed talks fuel year-long dispute that repeatedly leaves commuters stranded
30 September 2026
Except for a few, most children never received the measles vaccine, while some parents were not even aware of the need for immunisation. Photo: Star

Measles vaccine still unknown in some pockets of Sylhet

28 September 2026
Many children in tea gardens, haor areas and Bede communities remain unvaccinated due to lack of awareness and access
28 September 2026
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Health centre’s generator out of order for 20 years

23 September 2026
Three-month-old Hosna, admitted with pneumonia to Kulaura Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar, needs nebuliser treatment several times a day to ease her breathing. However, frequent power outages at the hospital mean she often does not receive the treatment timely.
23 September 2026
Balla Land Port Habiganj

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
Balla land port Habiganj

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
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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
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How 90 indigenous villages in Sylhet region keep coronavirus at bay

No Covid-19 patients have been found so far in 90 punjis (villages) in Sylhet, with each completely isolating itself from outsiders and following strict hygiene protocols.
8 August 2020
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‘Railway’ syndicate makes money, govt loses revenue

More than a hundred abandoned railway staff quarters have been quietly and illegally rented out in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura Junction Railway Station allegedly by a syndicate of insiders within the railways, including a senior assistant engineer and a union leader.
2 August 2020
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Archaeologists find Moulvibazar man who discovered copperplate mentioning ancient university

Archaeologists have found the man who had discovered a copperplate mentioning a millennium-old higher-learning centre in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar.
28 July 2020
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Alarming rise of cattle theft ahead of Eid

Sharif Mia has been rearing his three cows worth Tk 1.50 lakh for the last two years to sell at the haat ahead of this Eid-ul-Azha, a festival marked
26 July 2020
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Archaeological team visits Moulvibazar, collects antiquities

A five-member team of the archaeology department has visited the land of long-lost heritage located in Kalimabad area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila -- once known as Chandrapur -- which now lies beneath the ground.
26 July 2020
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Hill plunderers threaten habitations, ecology in Juri

When nature all around the world, including in Bangladesh, is showing signs of rejuvenation amid restricted movement of humans, hillocks in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila do not seem to catch a break.
16 July 2020
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Thousands suffer as road condition awful

Thousands of commuters are badly suffering due to the awful condition of two important roads under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar.
13 July 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak

Most corona patients recover from home

Most coronavirus patients in the district have successfully recovered from the disease after basic treatment at home.
4 July 2020
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OMS List Anomaly: As weird as it gets

Sunuj Ullah, Eshrak Mia, and Jamal Mia are the husbands of Mohesh Sarkar, Subol Sarkar and Kali Kanto Sarkar, respectively -- at least that’s what a list of beneficiaries for a government food programme shows.
2 July 2020
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Covid-19 Fallout: Srimangal pineapples going unsold

Unsold stock of country’s favourite Srimangal pineapple continues to grow larger at wholesale warehouses in Moulvibazar’s Srimangal upazila town.
30 June 2020
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Cash Assistance List: 2 'NIDs’ for 72 names!

Irregularities have been found in government cash assistance lists for tea workers in Moulvibazar, with fake NID numbers used multiple times.
27 June 2020
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Youth successfully cultivates grape in Sreemangal

It is quite a sight finding green grapes hanging from vines, a scene often attributed to the Mediterranean regions. However, this may also become common in Bangladesh soon. Surprised?
26 June 2020
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40 deaths, 10 thousand infections in a month threaten rural economy

With cow milk sales plummeting in the past several months amid consumers’ fear of contracting the Covid-19 virus, a considerable number people, whose livelihoods depend entirely on milk sales, are living in constant fear of losing their milk-yielding cows to the deadly cattle LSD virus.
23 June 2020
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Covid-19 outbreak disrupts EPI programme

Within a year of birth, children are vaccinated for various diseases as a preventive measure. But Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) is being disrupted here this time due to coronavirus outbreak. Children and pregnant women are not going to the EPI centres to avoid Covid-19 transmission.
8 June 2020
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Incentives for Imams: Embarrassing errors taint Kulaura lists

A number of people, who do not lead prayers at mosques, have been named in the lists for the government’s cash assistance to imams in Sylhet’s Kulaura during the Covid-19 pandemic.
5 June 2020
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Razed hillock to make room for road

While the administration is busy enforcing various directives of the government to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, destruction of a hillock is going unnoticed in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar.
31 May 2020
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80pc tea workers of Sylhet give birth at home

Sumita Kairi, a tea labourer at Daluchhara Tea Garden in Fenchuganj Upazila of Sylhet, gave birth at home. No trained midwife was present during the delivery of her first child. Sumita’s child was born with the assistance of two local elderly women.
19 May 2020
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May Day: Large number of children work in tea estates

After her mother passed away, her father remarried and moved elsewhere, and so attending school became a luxury for 12-year-old Sheuly Munda.
30 April 2020
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Procurement Delays: Boro farmers of Sylhet in trouble

Delay in government procurement is forcing desperate farmers to sell their paddy at lower prices to rice mill owners and hoarders in Sylhet region.
29 April 2020
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Farm Machinery for Haor: Subsidy hiked as dilemma remains

The government recently declared 70 percent subsidy for farmers of the haor region, up from the previous 50 percent, for the purchase of agriculture machinery.
23 April 2020

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