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Mintu Deshwara

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Sylhet-Akhaura Route / Encroachment eats up railway land

Bangladesh Railway land worth around Tk 1,000 crore has been illegally grabbed across 11 stations along the Sylhet-Akhaura route in Moulvibazar.
8 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Tk 300-500: The price of a wild bird’s freedom in Habiganj

Sellers slip into the shadows as mobile courts raid markets, but demand and trapping continue
28 November 2025, 08:52 AM
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Where old year ends in prayer: Khasi community welcomes new dawn in Moulvibazar

Celebrates new year with colourful ‘Seng Kut Snem’ festival
23 November 2025, 06:29 AM
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Rajnagar Health Complex: Services hampered for manpower crisis

Health services at the Rajnagar Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar are being disrupted due to a prolonged shortage of doctors and other staff.
15 November 2025, 20:06 PM
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Habiganj groups demand action to save Sutang, Khowai rivers

Activists call for end to encroachment, pollution and stronger enforcement of laws
15 November 2025, 14:58 PM
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Farmer loses 335 ducks to 'poisoning' in Moulvibazar village

Says everything built over the years was gone in a single day; villagers say 'intentional'
15 November 2025, 06:18 AM
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The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see

Our stomachs often remain empty—not because we do not work hard, but because life is unfair
14 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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The magic of ras utsab / A night of dance, music and devotion

As the full moon of Agrahayan rises, the Manipuri community in greater Sylhet prepares to celebrate its most cherished festival -- Maharas Leela, or Ras Utsab.
7 November 2025, 18:34 PM
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Hello, is this Shakib Khan?

In a span of five days, starting from 10:00pm on 10th July till 9:30pm on 15th July, Ijazul Miah received a total of 432 calls.
29 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Scenic Jaflong under assault

The scenic and “protected” Jaflong area of Sylhet has almost been ruined as stone lifters are using over 100 illegal excavators that quarry stones with deafening noise.
24 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Tk 11cr road repair work stalled amid protest

Amid locals' protest against low quality work, the authorities have stopped the work for repair and widening of Chhatak-Doarabazar road in Sunamganj.
21 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Kathalbari Swamp: A little paradise in Sylhet

Straight out of a postcard, the Kathalbari swamp is an unexplored natural heritage.
11 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Jute raises haor farmers’ hope in Sunamganj

Jute farming provides a livelihood for many haor villagers in different upazilas, especially Dharmapasha and Bishwamvarpur, of the district after losing their Boro crops.
8 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Pest attack on Aman paddy in Sylhet

Farmers are worried due to insect attack on Aman paddy in Sylhet division, following the damage to their paddy fields by the recent prolonged flood.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Save our life, property from grabbers

Poor people belonging to the Dalit community living on 10 decimals of land at Sutang Bazar in Habiganj Sadar upazila have demanded proper steps for protection of their life and property from land grabbers.
26 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Joy of Durga Puja elusive

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.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Flood-damaged Lawacherra road turns risky

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.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Ten teachers for 3900 students!

Academic activities at Sunamganj Government Women's College, the district's lone women's college, are being hampered due to an
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Nature Quest: It's all but gone

Spider, snake and scorpion: all creatures, regardless of how attractive or appealing they are to the human eye, are worthy of
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cattle market on school premises

Academic activities at Haji Konu Mia High School in Doarabazar upazila of the district are being hampered as a cattle market sits on the
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM

85 flood-hit families on haor dyke for a month

At least 85 flood-affected families with their cattle have been living on an embankment in Kawadighi Haor area
12 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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30 Fenchuganj villages under floodwater for three months

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.
10 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Flood-hit kids work to support families

A large number of the school children in the haor areas of Sunamganj are staying away from classes as they have joined different
9 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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One lakh people marooned

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.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Blacksmiths in Sylhet busy as Eid nears

Like elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in Sylhet city are busy making sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cattle market on rail track!

A cattle market sitting on the railway line near Bhanugach outer and home signals of Shamshernagar Railway Station
30 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Bikes keeping girls in school

For class-eight student Moni Chattri who lives in Hazaribagh tea garden in Moulvibazar's Kamalganj upazila, reaching school was
27 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Flood, Rains Leave Roads Devastated

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.
25 August 2017, 18:00 PM

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