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According to the case statement, trees were illegally felled from the reserved forest in Paikpara union between January 12 last year and May 15 this year. Photo: Collected

BNP, AL leaders among 20 accused in Satchari tree-felling case

20 August 2026
Forest Department files case on instructions from PMO and environment ministry
20 August 2026
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Tea workers intensify protests for Tk 500 daily wage

17 August 2026
Protests spread as workers reject 5% wage increment and demand union election
17 August 2026
The government-run farm has nine ponds, including three for brood fish used in egg collection. Photo: Star

Vacancies, silted ponds leave Moulvibazar govt fish farm struggling

16 August 2026
It can produce only a fraction of the district's demand amid manpower shortages and ageing infrastructure
16 August 2026
monsoon damage in Satchari National Park Bangladesh

Monsoon mayham leaves Satchari wildlife ponds in peril

12 August 2026
Spanning 243 hectares, Satchari is considered one of the country's most biodiversity-rich protected areas
12 August 2026
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Books make a comeback in Sreemangal schools

12 August 2026
During the tiffin break at Victoria High School in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal, a group of students were doing something that has become quite unusual these days: reading for pleasure.
12 August 2026

Erosion leaves over 100 households at risk

12 August 2026
“Every night we go to bed fearing our house could disappear into the river before morning,” said Anhar Mia, standing beside a cracked flood protection embankment in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila.
12 August 2026
book reading festival in Sreemangal Moulvibazar

In Sreemangal, books are making a comeback

11 August 2026
Hundreds of students are discovering literature beyond their textbooks through a reading festival
11 August 2026
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Indigenous Peoples' Day / Tea, toil and a fading heritage

9 August 2026
A visit to tea gardens in Sreemangal in Moulvibazar and Chanpur in Habiganj found workers picking tea leaves under scorching sun and heavy rain. Many said they had never heard of the day
9 August 2026

Unabated cattle smuggling

Cattle smuggling through the borders in the district has continued despite recurring drives by different law enforcement agencies,
23 October 2016
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3 boys crushed by train while taking footage on track

Three boys were killed after being run over by a train in Brahmanbaria yesterday when they were shooting a video of another train.
16 October 2016
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Aman farming hampered on 6,631 acres of haor land

Around three thousand farmers could not cultivate aman on 6,631 acres of land in Kawadighi Haor of Rajnagar upazila under the
13 October 2016
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Removed finally

Sylhet District Administration yesterday started demolishing the recently built toilets on the east side of the Surma
5 October 2016
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Clay pot sale on rise

The sale of clay pots has increased in Sylhet city and its adjacent areas marking the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest
4 October 2016
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Monkey couple parenting a kitten

In a rare example of care, a monkey has been mothering an abandoned kitten for about a month in the district's Sreemangal upazila.
3 October 2016
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Sylhet state-run poultry farm in shabby state

Nasir Uddin recently went to the government's livestock department's poultry farm office in Tilaghar of Sylhet city to purchase some ducklings.
1 October 2016
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Toilets still there

The recently built toilets on the ground floor of a two-story building on the east side of the Surma river, near the Kazirbazar bridge under Sylhet city, is still being used by the fish traders despite numerous protests from the green activists and lack of intervention from the authorities concerned.
29 September 2016
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Getting ready to sing to goddess

While walking around many a road in Mirjagangal of Sylhet city, one would be welcomed by rhythmic sounds since the workers there are busy making and repairing musical instruments, which are in great demand as part of the celebration of Durga Puja.
25 September 2016
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Save Khowai, Sutang

Speakers at a rally marking World River Day yesterday demanded steps to save Khowai and Sutang rivers from illegal occupation and
24 September 2016
TikTokers breaching privacy of Tourists at Madhabkunda waterfall

Madhabkunda now less attractive to tourists

Madhabkunda waterfall, a most favourite destination for the tourists especially during the Eid holidays, has become risky and less
22 September 2016
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Onrush of upstream water makes Dhalai River dykes risky

The people of haor areas in Kamalganj upazila of the district have been living in fear for the last few weeks as the onrush of water from upstream in the Dhalai River has washed away many homesteads.
21 September 2016

River leased as wetland!

The Gogalichera River flowing through the haor area of the district has been leased out by the local administration,
18 September 2016
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Upstream water floods Moulvibazar

Heavy rain coupled with onrush of water from the hills in the upstream has triggered flash flood in vast areas of Kamalganj upazila under Moulvibazar district, rendering one thousand families marooned.
15 September 2016
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In the middle of nowhere

From a distance, it seems like Shantipur is floating on water. The village, in the middle of two haors -- Angaruli on the west and Korochar on the east, falls under Bishwambarpur upazila of Sunamganj.
10 September 2016
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Toilets occupying river land a new way to kill Surma

Taking a stroll along the banks of the Surma river with the sun on your back amid hills and trees on its both sides is a unique
9 September 2016
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Sylhet blacksmiths get busier as Eid nears

As elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in Sylhet city are busy making different sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial
5 September 2016
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Threat to agriculture

Illegal lifting of sand from Laghata River in Kamalganj upazila of the district has been posing a threat to the riverside
3 September 2016
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Theatre Sust stages “Bedhua”

Most of 'Theatre Sust' plays have been staged in different area of the country by local troupes, either in pure translation or in
29 August 2016

4-km Moulvibazar road inundated for 3 months

Almost the entire 4kms Jagatpur-Ontehori road beside Kawadighi Haor in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar has been inundated as the water
26 August 2016

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