Mintu Deshwara

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindus, is knocking at the door but people belonging to the community in the haor areas of Sunamganj are far from being in a festive mood, as this year's recurrent floods wreaked havoc on their livelihood.

At least 30 points of the road passing through Lawacherra National Forest in Kamalganj upazila under the district are marked with red flags as warning signs for vehicles because the recent floods have left the road in an awful condition.

Academic activities at Sunamganj Government Women's College, the district's lone women's college, are being hampered due to an

Spider, snake and scorpion: all creatures, regardless of how attractive or appealing they are to the human eye, are worthy of

Academic activities at Haji Konu Mia High School in Doarabazar upazila of the district are being hampered as a cattle market sits on the

At least 85 flood-affected families with their cattle have been living on an embankment in Kawadighi Haor area

At least 30 villages in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet have remained under floodwater for the last three months, affecting around 60 thousand people as the Kushiara river swelled following onrush of water from the upstream in Indian state of Assam.

A large number of the school children in the haor areas of Sunamganj are staying away from classes as they have joined different

Water level has risen in Hakaluki and Kawadighi haors due to continuous rain during the last few days and onrush of water from the hills, leaving about 100,000 people marooned in the district.

Like elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in Sylhet city are busy making sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial

A cattle market sitting on the railway line near Bhanugach outer and home signals of Shamshernagar Railway Station

For class-eight student Moni Chattri who lives in Hazaribagh tea garden in Moulvibazar's Kamalganj upazila, reaching school was

People going to visit Tanguar haor first come to Sunamganj town. Then they take an auto-rickshaw or motorcycle to Tahirpur upazila, which is 35km away. But nowadays the travel would not be as easy as before -- the road has been devastated.

Picture a forest where foxes and fishing cats prowl in good number, where lizard and snake species thrive, where aquatic birds and waders flock to forage. Imagine a hidden place of semi-submerged trees such as hijol, boruna and koroch growing among

A bridge over a wetland in Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet could not be opened to traffic during the last two years for lack of approach road on either side due to a case over land acquisition.

Around 600 ducks died due to food crisis following the recent flood in Sunamganj Sadar upazila, adding to the woes of farmers in the

Flood affected people in Juri, Kulaura and Barlekha upazilas in Hakaluki Haor areas of the district are worried due to suspension of open market sale (OMS) of rice and vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programmes ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

When rain deluges the haor wetlands of Moulvibazar, boats become for many the only practical transport option.

Cultivation of traditional Khasi paan (betel leaf) in Sylhet region faces setback due to attack by a virus, locally known as utram, for over a month.

Modongouri Government Primary School in Moulvibazar's Kulaura upazila, which has around 200 students enrolled, has been closed