Illegal hill cutting has turned rampant in Dinarpur Pargana under Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj district in recent times.
The recent floods in Sylhet division have left nearly 1.75 lakh rural latrines damaged, severely impacting sanitation in affected areas.
Over 9,000 deep and shallow tubewells were submerged during three separate floods in Moulvibazar in the past two months, causing a severe shortage of clean drinking water.
Moulvibazar municipality has been grappling with a severe waste management crisis for over a month due to a disruption in services following the fall of the Awami League government, and prolonged floods.
A significant rise in number of battery-run auto-rickshaws has paved way to serious traffic congestion at Mantola Bazar Intersection in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.
Around three decades back, flocks of vultures were a common sight across the country. These vultures, known as nature’s “cleaners”, would gather around dead cattle left in open fields, swiftly removing the bodies and sanitising the area.
The recent spells of floods caused damages to at least 512 kilometres of road network and 12 bridges in Moulvibazar district.
Nurun Begum, 65, stood by the embankment on Manu river in Mierpara village under Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar near the border with India, with a blank look towards the place where her mud hut stood even a few days back.
Illegal hill cutting has turned rampant in Dinarpur Pargana under Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj district in recent times.
The recent floods in Sylhet division have left nearly 1.75 lakh rural latrines damaged, severely impacting sanitation in affected areas.
Over 9,000 deep and shallow tubewells were submerged during three separate floods in Moulvibazar in the past two months, causing a severe shortage of clean drinking water.
A significant rise in number of battery-run auto-rickshaws has paved way to serious traffic congestion at Mantola Bazar Intersection in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila.
Moulvibazar municipality has been grappling with a severe waste management crisis for over a month due to a disruption in services following the fall of the Awami League government, and prolonged floods.
Around three decades back, flocks of vultures were a common sight across the country. These vultures, known as nature’s “cleaners”, would gather around dead cattle left in open fields, swiftly removing the bodies and sanitising the area.
The recent spells of floods caused damages to at least 512 kilometres of road network and 12 bridges in Moulvibazar district.
Nurun Begum, 65, stood by the embankment on Manu river in Mierpara village under Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar near the border with India, with a blank look towards the place where her mud hut stood even a few days back.
Ramnath Biswas, a celebrated globetrotter during the British period, became renowned for his remarkable bicycle journeys across four continents between 1931 and 1940.
Whenever a flood takes place, the full extent of its damage cannot be mostly understood until the water recedes.