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Ferry services resume on Balikhla-Shantipur-Mithamoin route in Kishoreganj haor

Local residents have welcomed the reopening, noting that several recent initiatives-such as improved scheduling, crowd management, and increased discipline at the ghat area-are already making a...

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus chairs an Ecnec meeting in the NEC Conference Room in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on 21 October 2025. Photo: PID

Ecnec rejects Tk1,268.80 crore project in haor over environmental risks

A haor area in Austagram upazila of Kishoreganj district. Photo: Ashraful Haque

Govt finalises draft haor protection order

Representational image. Photo: USAID

Kishoreganj haor women become self-reliant farming cattle, fish

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at the "National Haor Dialogue 2024" at the SIRDAP auditorium in the capital on 10 December 2024. Photo: PID

Stop lease of haors immediately: Adviser Farida

Rizwana after inspecting an embankment at Umedpur area of Mortian Haor under Tahirpur upazila in the district on 26 Nov. Photo: BSS

Master plan of Haors to be revised: Rizwana

Agricultural workers are busy harvesting paddy in the fields at Shanir Haor in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila. Untimely floods often devastate the crops in the low-lying area. This year, farmers have been able to harvest without any major natural disasters so far. Photo: TBS

Sylhet haors see bumper boro crop, harvest nears completion

These temporary 'villages,' typically comprising a few bamboo houses, are erected solely for the dry season, dismantled preemptively before the onset of monsoon floods. Photo: Masud Al Mamun

The strange mobile villages of haor

At least five groups of herders came to the haors this year, with a total of 1,200 buffalos. The largest one had 350 buffalos in the herd. Photo: Rezaul Hoque Rumi

The migrant buffalos of haor

Photo: Ashraful Haque

Haor Master Plan, tourism and the persistent housing crisis in the haors

Abundant natural resources have made haors a suitable place for duck farming. PHOTO: ASHRAFUL HAQUE

The mobile duck farms in the haors

Selim Ahmed. Sketch: TBS

Why and how the lives and livelihoods in the Haor region can be improved

File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

90% paddy harvested in haor areas: Minister