54,000 families without power in Sylhet city
Residents in Sylhet city have been enduring power outage following waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall since yesterday (May 17, 2022).
18 May 2022, 09:58 AM
Floods paralysing Sylhet
The flood situation in Sylhet has further deteriorated yesterday as the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers started flowing above the danger level.
17 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Eid joy eludes flood-ravaged haor areas
“Most paddy fields in our village are under water. We are not only facing food shortage but also lacking fodder for our cattle. Had the flood happened after two weeks, we could have harvested at least enough to feed ourselves,”
3 May 2022, 07:22 AM
Religious terrorism: Tribunal terms murder attempt on Zafar Iqbal
The attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is “religious terrorism” to silence those who speaks and writes about freethinking, progressiveness, science, and religious superstitions.
26 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Flood-hit farmers in haors: Combine harvesters saving grace for some
As most crop protection levees are on the verge of collapse due to flash floods, haor farmers in the north-eastern districts are harvesting ripe and half-ripe Boro paddy with combine harvesters.
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Shunned as a player, Munna makes hay in coaching
2014 unfolded a dark chapter in Moynul Islam Munna’s career. Despite being at his peak, Munna’s career as a badminton player came to a
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Flash Flood in Haors: Farmers in despair
Hundreds of farmers in the northeastern region of the country continued to suffer immensely because of the flash flood.
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Flood in Haor: Time to focus on long-term solutions
Farmers of Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrakona and Sylhet grow Boro on around 4 lakh hectares every year, but the government has been spending money on the vital levees that protect them on a piecemeal basis.
11 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Haor recoils in horror
Farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing huge financial loss in this Boro season because of flash floods.
9 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Boro at risk in haor areas
Flash floods caused by torrential rains in upstream Meghalaya might damage paddy fields on 4.02 lakh hectares in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona, and Kishoreganj.
5 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Boro on 700 hectares submerged
Hundreds of haor farmers in Sunamganj, Netrakona and Kishoreganj are left distraught after about 700 hectares of paddy fields became inundated in the last four days.
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Killers wanted to stop him from writing
The killers of Ananta Bijoy Das wanted to stop him writing and also to silence those who champion the cause of free speech.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM
15-day theatre festival begins in Sylhet
Honouring the Language Movement of 1952, a 15-day theatre festival opened at Kabi Nazrul Auditorium in Sylhet on February 24.
26 February 2022, 10:05 AM
A sub-inspector planned it all
The custodial torture of Wazir Mia, who died from injuries in Sunamganj on Monday, was plotted by a sub-inspector over a feud with a UP member related to the policeman, alleged the victim’s family.
23 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Hung upside down, beaten up brutally
The man, whose death has sparked protests in Sunamganj, was brutally tortured in custody at Shantiganj Police Station, said two witnesses.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
A road only bikes and horses can use
The beauty is spellbinding around the 20-kilometre road that connects Madhyanagar Sadar to bordering Mohish Khola bazar in Sunamganj.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Take measures for VC’s removal
Sust Teachers’ Association yesterday urged the government to take steps for the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed and to meet all demands of the students, so that their hunger strike stops.
23 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Levee repair delay leaves farmers edgy
Hundreds of farmers in Sunamganj are in fear of losing their Boro paddy to floods as the authorities concerned are delaying the repair of levees.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Red stains in green gardens
When a column of Pakistan army vehicles entered Dewrachhara Tea Garden in Moulvibazar in the afternoon of May 3, 1971, most of the workers there were alarmed but had little strength left to do anything about it.
15 December 2021, 18:00 PM
A tale of hopeless hills
As the days go by, the hillocks that stand tall in Sylhet district are being replaced by towering concrete structures. Due to rampant, illegal hillock cutting in absence of adequate enforcement of the law, Sylhet’s surroundings are in grave danger. Green activists have flagged this activity as the most notable environmental threat facing the district for the last two decades.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM