EnvironmentThe Uttarbhag tea garden in Moulvibazar has begun a trial wildlife sanctuary on 50 acres of secluded forest, and has released a fishing cat wearing a satellite collar.
VegetablesGrowers in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, lay mulch sheets on raised beds to curb weeds and disease and hold soil moisture. The early tomato area rose from 60 to 75 hectares in a year.
VegetablesAbdul Matin of Jangirai village in Juri, Moulvibazar, invested Tk 40,000 to bring 80 decimals of overgrown fallow land under tomato, bottle gourd, cucumber and yellow watermelon, using mulch, shade net and grafting to grow tomatoes even in summer.
Tilapia, silver carp, rui and other fish floated dead at a farm by Dhamai tea estate in Juri, Moulvibazar; the fisheries officer says poisoning or low oxygen with high ammonia could be the cause.
VegetablesNurseries in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, graft tomato shoots onto hardy wild brinjal roots, producing 6.5 to 7 million disease- and rain-tolerant seedlings a season worth Tk 5 to 6 crore.
Thousands of egrets and cormorants from Hakaluki haor roost at the late Manohar Ali Master's two-and-a-half-acre homestead in Halla village, Moulvibazar; the trees are ageing and promised support has not come.
Sirajnagar Tea Estate in Moulvibazar put Tk 12 lakh into the orchard in 2024; Thai Red, Jumbo Red and White Pink varieties fruit 25-26 days after flowering, no pesticide is used, and tea workers earn extra wages and take fruit home free, say manager Shamim Islam and upazila agriculture officer Md Ja
The Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation has rescued a venomous monocled cobra from a home in staff quarters next to Kalighat post office in Sreemangal.
Khurshed Alam, Sirajul Islam and Saidul Islam of Domabari village in Moulvibazar planted off-season watermelon under the Sylhet region agricultural development project; upazila agriculture officer Mahmudul Alam Khan says the method opens a way to higher profit from small plots.
A brown phanimonsa, or cat snake, found inside a bunch of bananas at a Sreemangal banana wholesale market has been rescued and handed to the forest department.
As farmers in Moulvibazar switch to high-yielding rice for bigger harvests, local varieties are disappearing for lack of seed conservation and research.
A capped langur hit while crossing the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sreemangal died despite efforts by a CNG driver and wildlife workers to save it.
A venomous monocled cobra found by tea pickers at Bhurbhuria tea garden in Sreemangal was rescued and handed to the forest department for release into the forest.
