Mintu Deshwara

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.

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.

Amid locals' protest against low quality work, the authorities have stopped the work for repair and widening of Chhatak-Doarabazar road in Sunamganj.

Straight out of a postcard, the Kathalbari swamp is an unexplored natural heritage.

Jute farming provides a livelihood for many haor villagers in different upazilas, especially Dharmapasha and Bishwamvarpur, of the district after losing their Boro crops.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Academic activities at Sunamganj Government Women's College, the district's lone women's college, are being hampered due to an

Spider, snake and scorpion: all creatures, regardless of how attractive or appealing they are to the human eye, are worthy of

Academic activities at Haji Konu Mia High School in Doarabazar upazila of the district are being hampered as a cattle market sits on the

At least 85 flood-affected families with their cattle have been living on an embankment in Kawadighi Haor area

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.

A large number of the school children in the haor areas of Sunamganj are staying away from classes as they have joined different

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.

Like elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in Sylhet city are busy making sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial

A cattle market sitting on the railway line near Bhanugach outer and home signals of Shamshernagar Railway Station

For class-eight student Moni Chattri who lives in Hazaribagh tea garden in Moulvibazar's Kamalganj upazila, reaching school was

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.