Thousands suffer as road communication snapped
Around 10 thousand people from several area passing hard days as their movement is badly hampered following earth collapse at
22 June 2017
Smuggling on the rise in Sunamganj haors
Smuggling is on the rise on the wake of the flash floods that wrought havoc in the Sunamganj haor region. Border
21 June 2017
People living in hills in panic
People living atop or beside hills in the district are passing days in panic, especially after Achhia Begum, 35, and her daughter Fahmida
20 June 2017
Large cracks appear in Madhabkunda
Cracks have developed again in Madhabkunda waterfall area of Barlekha upazila under the district on Monday night, making the
20 June 2017
Fatwa leaves family ostracised for ten years
Village life is supposed to be quiet but for Fatir Ali and his family, from Eraligul village in Moulvibazar's Juri upazila it's far too quiet.
15 June 2017
Magurchhara 'blowout day' today
Twenty years into Magurchhara gas field explosion, compensation for huge damage to Lawacherra forest worth crores of taka is yet to
13 June 2017
Jackfruit market a centuries-old tradition
Once small now thriving, quiet and crowded, still and bustling, Kathaler Haat, the “Jackfruit Market” in Brahmanbazar of Moulvibazar's
8 June 2017
More attractive Manipuri saris ahead of Eid
Female workers in Sylhet are busy weaving Manipuri garments and handloom items ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr with the help of Ethnic
4 June 2017
Fishing rampant in Sylhet haors, rivers
A section of fishermen are indiscriminately catching different species of fish including fry and mother fish in the haor areas of Sylhet
29 May 2017
Rare fishing cat dies in Lawacherra road crash
A fishing cat of vulnerable species and a monkey were crushed to death under the wheels of motor vehicles in Lawacherra forest under
28 May 2017
It's all about survival
For villagers in haor areas under Sunamganj district, boro cultivation is not just about harvesting.
27 May 2017
Fish species in haor face threat
A section of fishermen are randomly catching different species of fish including fry and mother fishes in the haor areas, as the ban on
25 May 2017
Five Sylhet villages under threat of land subsidence
Illegal stone extraction from a popular tourist spot in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet is creating threat of land subsidence in
23 May 2017
Many denied VGF cards, nepotism alleged
Many flood-affected farmers in the haor areas of different upazilas under Sunamganj are not getting Vulnerable
20 May 2017
20 villages still under water in Moulvibazar
At least 20 villages are still under water as they were flooded due to collapse of an embankment on the Juri river in the district on Tuesday.
18 May 2017
Flash Flood-Hit Sunamganj: OMS programme tainted by graft
Corruption and irregularities by ruling party men and their relatives appointed as dealers of Open Market Sale have caused the food
10 May 2017
Four baby civets die
Four baby Indian civets died in Sonapur area under Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar in spite of receiving treatment for one month.
8 May 2017
Rich feasts on rice for poor
Affected farmers are not getting the rice of the government's VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) programme and the VGF cards are being sold in Rajanagor and Rofinagor unions of Sunamganj's Derai upazila, farmers have alleged.
8 May 2017
Don't lease out water bodies
Jahangir Alam lives off Boro farming in Sunamganj for around seven months. For the rest of the year, he and his family subsist on fishing from the haors.
8 May 2017
Haor flood shatters dream of education
The dream of continuing education of Baki Billah has been shattered by the recent flood in Tanguar haor area of Sunamganj.
6 May 2017