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Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammed Amin Ur Rashid inspecting the National Fisheries Fortnight 2026 inauguration venue in Katiadi, Kishoreganj today (8 August). Photo: Courtesy

Govt to expand haor fish sanctuaries, phase out traditional leasing system

The government plans to construct deep reservoirs and large enclosures in haors and wetlands.

Map of Sylhet. Screengrab from Google Earth

Two fishermen killed by lightning in Sylhet haor, another missing

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chairs a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the afternoon, 7 May 2026. Photo: Courtesy

PM orders accurate list of rain-hit haor farmers for assistance

Farmers spread paddy in the fields to dry as the sun comes out on Monday afternoon. As there had been no sunshine over the past few days, most of the paddy had already started sprouting. The photo was taken in Kadirpur of Khaliajuri upazila in Netrakona district. Photo: Dipro Chowdhury

Drowning fields, rotting harvest: Farmers count losses as 47,000 hectares of haor paddy hit

Photo: UNB

Tk200cr worth of paddy damaged as floods devastate Sunamganj haors

Photo: TBS

Floodwaters swallow haor harvest in Sunamganj, leaving farmers counting losses

Infographics: TBS

Haor farmers fear early flooding of Boro crop, authorities urge early harvest

The 29.73-km road built for better communication among Itna, Mithamoin and Astagram upazilas of Kishoreganj has become a major problem as it causes untimely floods and damages paddies on a wide range of land. Photo: TBS

Feasibility study underway for Tk3,500cr farm-access road in haor region

Parliamentary session on 7 April 2026. Photo: PID

Parliament passes Bangladesh Haor, Wetland Conservation Bill-2026

Tensions escalated after one group allegedly cut an embankment despite a prior agreement reached through discussions with farmers at Dakua haor in Sunamganj on 4 April 2026. Photo: Collected

Section 144 imposed in Sunamganj’s Dakua haor embankment after clash leaves 20 injured

Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Govt to curb pesticide misuse in haor areas, promote organic alternatives

Photo: Collected via BSS

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

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