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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
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'Revoke decision to fell 25,000 trees in Lawachhara forest'

Lawachhara Bon O Jibo Boichitro Rokkha Andolon formed a human chain at Chowmuhona area under Srimangal upazila town of
28 June 2016
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Nature Quest: Lawachhara in danger

The Lawachhara National Park in Moulvibazar faces further shrinkage as the Bangladesh Railway wants to cut down more than 25,000 trees to ensure safety of train passengers.
23 June 2016
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Indigenous culture fest in Moulvibazar

A daylong cultural competition, including traditional dances of ethnic communities of Moulvibazar, was organised at the remote Patrokhola tea garden field of Kamalganj upazila, under Moulvibazar district on June 19.
22 June 2016
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HILSA now in haor

Though unusual, fishermen are catching hilsa in Hakaluki Haor, the largest wetland in the country.
20 June 2016
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Withdraw eviction notice against Khasi people

Indigenous people accompanied by environmentalists formed a human chain in Moulvibazar Press Club area in the district town
18 June 2016
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Women keep vigil to protect homes

Khasi women of two punjees in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal upazila have started guarding their houses and betel leaf gardens in a bid to
10 June 2016
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Villagers repair battered road as authorities sleep

After the authorities concerned paid no heed to their appeals, locals of Saitula in Sreemangal upazila yesterday repaired damaged
9 June 2016
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Flood situation worsens in Moulvibazar, Sylhet

Flood situation in three upazilas of Moulvibazar and two upazilas of Sylhet district worsened yesterday due to onrush of water from
30 May 2016
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500 families under erosion threat in Sylhet

At least 500 families of Shimulkandi village under Kadimnagar union of Sylhet Sadar upazila have been passing their days in panic as
29 May 2016
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60 more Moulvibazar villages inundated, 50,000 marooned

Sixty more villages in Juri and Kulaura upazilas of the district have been flooded as breaches developed in the flood control
24 May 2016
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Kids used in poll-related work defying ban

Children were used by the candidates in the union parishad elections at Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet district yesterday for doing election-
7 May 2016
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Farmers in northeastern Bangladesh in trouble

Flash floods triggered by heavy rain and hailstorms have damaged Boro paddy massively in the haor areas of Sunamganj and Sylhet.
4 May 2016
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'Plough festival' for saving land

Workers of three tea estates in Habiganj's Chunarughat upazila yesterday observed a “plough festival” to mobilise support for
2 May 2016

Safe drinking water crisis in 80 punjee villages

People of around 80 punjee (betel plantations) villages under seven upazilas of Moulvibazar district face acute crisis of safe drinking
28 April 2016
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40 Sylhet schools suspend classes

Academic activities at 40 primary schools in Gowainghat and Jointapur upazilas of Sylhet have remained suspended for the last week as the institutions are still under floodwater.
25 April 2016
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Flash flood hits northeastern Bangladesh city of Sylhet

Heavy rain and the onrush water from the hills triggered a flash flood in Gowainghat and Jointapur upazilas of Sylhet
24 April 2016
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Paddy processing makes roads risky for vehicles

Mindless use of public roads for threshing paddy during the ongoing harvesting season is disrupting vehicular movement in different areas of the district.
13 April 2016

Nine charged with killing 4 Habiganj kids

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against nine people in the case filed in connection with the killing of four schoolboys in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj in February.
5 April 2016
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Good prices of string bean make farmers happy

String bean farmers in Kulaura upazila of the district are happy with a bumper yield and good prices for the vegetable this season.
24 March 2016
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Move to set up stone crushers protested

Environmentalists and citizen groups yesterday formed a human chain at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar, protesting setting up of stone crushing machines in haors and wetlands in the district's Jaintapur upazila.
22 March 2016

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