According to locals, the project was taken up because of the “special interest” of a senior government official from Habiganj. The Bangladesh Land Port Authority chairman, however, rejected the claim, saying there was no official reference to support it.

Four-member panel asked to submit findings within three working days amid allegations of wrong treatment and negligence

Water levels were rising at 75 of 127 river monitoring stations across the country over the past 24 hours, says FFWC

Weapons were hidden for use in robberies, terrorist activities, BGB suspects

Habiganj student leader was held for about 20 hours

The demonstration was called over load shedding, electricity price hikes, the gas crisis and rising commodity prices

Police are examining whether the intimidation is linked to a neighbourhood dispute

Political differences must be addressed through democratic means rather than violence, says the alliance

Officials file case against two over alleged lease violations as locals say repeated warnings about sand extraction went unheeded

Detainee denies allegation, says audio was 'manipulated'

Once spread across several areas of Chunarughat, the Tripura people have now been reduced to just 24 families

At the turn of the millennium, travelling by road between Sylhet and Dhaka felt akin to a trek across rugged terrain. One would have to awkwardly traverse bumps along narrow and winding paths for upwards of 10 hours to make the trip either way.

Heavy rains and landslides from upstream India have inundated the southeastern districts of the country. Regions such as Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Cumilla, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Rangamati, and Khagrachari are struggling with severe flooding. 

The lists of poor families for the government’s cash assistance programme in three unions of Habiganj’s Lakhai upazila have been cancelled following irregularities.

Deputy commissioner of Habiganj district tests positive for Covid-19 and is placed in home quarantine.

Habiganj's Lakhai Upazila Health Complex was declared closed after a doctor and two nurses of the hospital tested positive with coronavirus.

A student of Sylhet Agricultural University died after he was pushed off a bus by the helper and crushed under the rear wheels in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj yesterday evening.

Five people, including four farmers, are killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts.

Law enforcers claim to arrest five alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Habiganj Sadar upazila.

Four people including three women and a child are killed as a boat capsizes in the Khowai river of Habiganj district.