SYLHET, Nov 04: In commemoration of 100 years of the visit of great poet Rabindranath Tagore to Sylhet, a three-day colourful programme has been taken up in the north-eastern city. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join the concluding event through video conference on November 07 evening, organi

SYLHET, Oct 20: Great mystic poet Hason Raja has a lot many popular songs. 'Loke bole bolery, ghar bari bala nay amar, ki ghor banaimu ami shunneri majhar', 'agey Jodi janto Hason, bachbo koto din, banaito ghor bari koria rongin' and 'baula ke banailo, hason rajare baula ke banailo re' are some of

Tea of Bangladesh is facing multifaceted challenges like inadequate investment, increased price of inputs including fertilisers, underdeveloped infrastructures, lack of irrigation facilities and above all lack of initiatives to introduce better cropping and management for raising per hectare yield.

SYLHET, Sept 05: Students of at least 150 schools in Sunamganj suffer extremely every monsoon for the inundation problem. It happened this year too affecting the academic activities and causing much harm to the institutions as well. Many school buildings remained inundated for weeks together while

SYLHET: The country's tea production this time would be higher than the last year's, officials said. Since the national production is already 3.5 million kgs more till the end of October than the corresponding period last year, the industry officials expect that it would be about 82 million kgs by

A total of 10 solar irrigation units have been installed in all the four districts of Sylhet division this year. The main objective of the scheme is to ensure smooth farming of Boro in the remote areas where electricity supply is not available. It will also help enable cultivation of the paddy on o

The country's tea production declined by about 10 million kilograms in 2017 due to unfavourable weather conditions, tea sector insiders have said. Bangladesh produced 85 million kgs of tea in the previous year (2016) which was the highest in the country's history. This year heavy rainfall and ina

With a target to restore navigability of waterways and save crops from floods in the haor region, the Water Development Board (WDB) is going to dredge eight rivers in Moulvibazar and Sunamganj districts. The dredging will be done under a special project named 'Early Flood Control and Irrigation Im