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Inside the 20-year stone looting spree at Sylhet’s tourist sites

Widespread illegal stone looting in Sylhet’s Shada Pathor and Jaflong since August 2024 has devastated the environment

Army personnel checking trucks loaded with stones at Sylhet on 14 August, 2025. Photo: TBS

Joint forces seize 35,000 cubic feet of stones in Sylhet, including loot from ‘Sada Pathor’

The Shada Pathor area is now almost desolate, scarred and damaged. Photo: TBS

How inter-party ‘consensus’ stripped Bholaganj of iconic white stones

Once a shining jewel of Sylhet, famed for its clear waters, white stones, and Meghalaya’s hills, “Sada Pathor” in Companiganj now lies devastated. Illegal stone looting has transformed this scenic riverbed into a barren wasteland with deep pits. Once protected after 2017 floods and a tourist hotspot, it is now sadly scarred by relentless destruction. The photo was taken on 12 August 2025. Photo: Debashish Debu/TBS

Joint forces deployed around the clock to protect stones at Sada Pathor

Once a shining jewel of Sylhet, famed for its clear waters, white stones, and Meghalaya’s hills, “Sada Pathor” in Companiganj now lies devastated. Illegal stone looting has transformed this scenic riverbed into a barren wasteland with deep pits. The photo was taken on 12 August 2025. Photo: Debashish Debu/TBS

Rampant stone extraction at Sada Pathor: ACC holds local administration responsible

Once a shining jewel of Sylhet, famed for its clear waters, white stones, and Meghalaya’s hills, “Sada Pathor” in Companiganj now lies devastated. Illegal stone looting has transformed this scenic riverbed into a barren wasteland with deep pits. Once protected after 2017 floods and a tourist hotspot, it is now sadly scarred by relentless destruction. The photo was taken on 12 August 2025. Photo: Debashish Debu/TBS

Iconic 'Sada Pathor' reduced to dystopian wasteland by rampant stone extraction

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Jubo Dal activist stabbed to death in Sylhet

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Bus strike on Sylhet-Sunamganj route withdrawn

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28 injured, 2 missing as bus plunges into ditch in Sylhet

The National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam speaks at a street rally in the Berirpar area of Sylhet’s Moulvibazar on 26 July 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla

No election without justice, reforms: Nahid Islam

Four young Sylhet natives, Afzal Hossain Chowdhury, Enamul Hasan, Iftikhar Irad and UK-based Shibbir Ahmed, decided to introduce a bold new solution, Udrive, Sylhet’s first self-drive car rental service. Photo: TBS

Young entrepreneurs launch self-drive car rental service 'Udrive' in Sylhet

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SAD leader stabbed in Sylhet, suspect detained

Students in Sylhet blocked the Sylhet-Zakiganj-Beanibazar regional highway on 22 July 2025. Photo: TBS

Delay in HSC rescheduling: Sylhet students block highway, demanding resignation of edu adviser, secretary