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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
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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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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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Protesting encroachment on Surma River with music

Environmental activists yesterday held a music event on the bank of the Surma to raise voice against grabbing and pollution of the
12 March 2016
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Fifty Khasi families in uncertainty

Welsi Amse has always dreamt that her children would become doctors one day. She has been squeezing every penny possible from the
11 March 2016
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Accused killed in 'gunfight'

An accused in the Habiganj four-kid murder case was killed in a "gunfight" with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the district's Chunarughat upazila early yesterday, eight days after law enforcers allegedly picked him up. The dead, Bachchu Mia, was a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver who had been traceless since being “detained by plainclothes officials” on February 17, according to his family members.
25 February 2016
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More than 7 involved

More than seven people were involved in the killing of the four children at Sundartiki of Bahubal in Habiganj, said accused Jewel Mia in his confessional statement before a magistrate yesterday.
21 February 2016

One more arrested in Habiganj

Police arrested another person for his suspected link in the killing of four kids at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj from
20 February 2016
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7 people were on killing mission

Who would console them? What on earth could heal their bleeding hearts?
19 February 2016
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All they want is justice

Minara Begum could hardly speak to anyone since villagers dug her son's body out of a sand pile on Wednesday. Shell-shocked, she just shed tears silently, holding the boy's clothes tight.
18 February 2016
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Hakaluki, Tanguar haors abuzz with more migratory birds

The number of migratory birds in Hakaluki and Tanguar haors has increased this year compared to that of last year, the latest census shows.
11 February 2016
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Idol makers get busy as Saraswati Puja gets near

Sculptors are busy making idols in Sylhet district as Saraswati Puja comes up on February 13. They look forward to the occasion as they hope to earn a good sum after a lull the rest of the year.
10 February 2016

Agitating tea workers desire to meet PM

Tea workers of Chandpur Tea Estate have expressed desire to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her Sylhet visit on January 21 to
18 January 2016

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