Sana Ullah Sanu

Supported by an international soy-based organisation and the Department of Agricultural Extension, Sharmin has also trained over 300 women. Photo: TBS
Features

Success of soy – a village woman’s culinary buzz from Lakshmipur to Dhaka and beyond

Mohammad Maqsudur Rahman with a snake. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg youth rescues snake eggs, hatches baby copperheads

A man walks on the newly built section of the Meghna flood protection embankment near Matborhat in Lakshmipur’s Kamalnagar recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Lakshmipur embankment project: Work at snail's pace amid absence of major contractors

Hilsa fish. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

High cost, low catch: Hilsa scarcity hurts fishermen, consumers

Microbus falls into ditch after loosing control in Noakhali on 6 August 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Homecoming turns tragic: Oman returnee loses 7 family members in Noakhali crash as microbus falls into ditch 

Floodwaters rage through a collapsed section of road in Feni on 10 July 2025, cutting off access and isolating nearby villages, as heavy monsoon rains continue to worsen the flood situation across the district. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Flood worsens in Feni, rising waters shut schools in Noakhali

The 2023–24 report claims that hilsa production has steadily increased since 2001. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Is higher hilsa production data based on facts?

Dead livestock float along the flooded banks of the Meghna River in Lakshmipur district on 30 May 2025, following heavy tidal surges caused by a low-pressure in the Bay of Bengal. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu/TBS
Bangladesh

Dozens of livestock carcasses float in Meghna River in Lakshmipur after tidal surge

Powerful tidal surges from the Meghna River flooded more than 100 villages in four coastal upazilas of Lakshmipur on 29 May 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Meghna tidal surge floods over 100 villages as incessant daylong rain batters Lakshmipur

Pahela Baishakh fair in Lakshmipur. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

For small traders and tenants, Pahela Baishakh brings anxiety over increased rent, fees too

Photo: Collected
Bazaar

Soybean rots in warehouses with no buyers, prices hitting 10-yr low

Farmers in Maijchhara village, Noakhali Sadar, cut unripe rice plants to use as cattle fodder, struggling to salvage what they can as last year’s floods devastated Aman rice crops in Lakshmipur and Noakhali. Many fields are left without rice grains, with panicles failing to develop or producing empty grains. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
Agriculture

Farmers struggle with immature rice crops in flood-hit Lakshmipur, Noakhali

The collapse on 9 Jan also damaged two adjacent shops and a cemetery, with nearby buildings now at risk of further structural issues. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Piling work for high-rise building causes road collapse, gas disruption in Lakshmipur