Sana Ullah Sanu

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

Paddy farmers in Lakshmipur load stacks of hay onto a tractor. A shortage of hay, caused by reduced Aman paddy cultivation, has led to soaring prices. While livestock farmers struggle with rising costs, paddy farmers benefit from record profits in hay sales. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Headache over hay: Livestock farmers grapple with surging costs

Workers sort fresh betel nuts from a pile into baskets during the harvest season at a village market in Laxmipur. The photo was taken recently by Sana ullah Sanu.
Bangladesh

‘One tree per household’: Lakshmipur leads in betel nut trade 

Once the sole breadwinner for his family, Sujon now relies on others for basic mobility, facing a dire reality as his family falls deeper into poverty and uncertainty. Photos: TBS
Bangladesh

Living with 7 bullets: Sujon’s months of excruciating pain

The post-flood scenario has left the rural transportation network in a state of near-collapse, causing widespread disruptions. Photos: Sana Ullah Sanu
Bangladesh

146 Lakshmipur roads in ruins; villagers face long-term travel disruptions

Boat anchored in the Joy Bangla Canal at the entrance of Motirhat Bazar on 12 October. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

'Buying new clothes, adorning boats, mending nets': Fishermen’s festivities begin with 22-day break

People in Cumilla’s Burichang are evacuating their homes for higher grounds as floodwaters rise. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

August floods: Cumilla incurs Tk3,362cr loss, Lakshmipur battles diarrhoea outbreak

Residents wade through floodwaters at Amlitala village of Peariganj union under Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila last week. Floodwaters have remained stagnant for nearly two weeks in many areas of Lakshmipur, a downstream district through which waters were supposed to drain into the Bay of Bengal in a few days. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
Bangladesh

Floodwaters stuck in Lakshmipur: What's really to blame?