Illegal stone and sand extraction continues across Sylhet despite bans, court orders and crackdowns

Illegal stone extraction pushing this tourist spot to the brink

Unrestrained stone extraction in at least 200 streambeds strewn across the hills of Bandarban is jeopardising the livelihoods of 11 ethnic groups and taking a toll on the biological diversity of the forest, according to a study.

Another stone quarry worker was killed yesterday morning while “illegally” extracting stones in Jaflong area of Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet.

Three more workers were killed as a big chunk of earth fell on them at a stone quarry of Sylhet's Companiganj upazila on Wednesday.

Five workers were crushed to death and three others injured while extracting stones at a quarry in Kalairag area of Companiganj

When quarry labourer Sundar Ali heard yesterday morning that some children including his son had gone to collect stones in the

A mobile court in Sylhet's Gowainghat has destroyed 25 excavators, locally known as boma machines, and other earthmoving