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Mintu Deshwara

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Mintu Deshwara

    Measles vaccine still unknown in some pockets of Sylhet (opens the original)

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    Children from marginalised communities, including tea garden workers, nomadic Bede families and residents of remote haor areas, account for a significant share of unvaccinated measles patients in Sylhet division. Limited access to vaccination and a lack of awareness have left many of them vulnerable to the disease. Dr MA Haque, a specialist in neonatal, paediatric and adolescent medicine at Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital, said more than 60 percent of admitted patients were children under five, and m

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Mintu Deshwara

    Kulaura hospital's generator out of order for 20 years (opens the original)

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    Three-month-old Hosna, admitted with pneumonia at Kulaura Upazila Health Complex in Moulvibazar, needs nebuliser treatment several times a day to ease her breathing. But frequent power outages at the hospital mean she often does not receive the treatment on time. With the ceiling fan above her bed motionless and no electricity to run the nebuliser, her parents, Saheda Begum and Sajal Mia, have little choice but to wait for power to return. Several other patients at the hospital are facing simila

  3. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Mintu Deshwara

    Cattle graze on Tk 50cr idle land port (opens the original)

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    Built at a cost of nearly Tk 50 crore, Balla land port in the north-eastern district of Habiganj now stands largely unused, with parts of its infrastructure overrun by jungle and cattle grazing on the premises. The port was built to facilitate cross-border trade, but the investment has failed to deliver because the corresponding infrastructure was never developed on the Indian side. Construction of the land port in the Kedarakot area of Chunarughat upazila was completed in June 2023. But the fac

  4. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Mintu Deshwara

    Large teak tree felled and stolen from Lawachara National Park (opens the original)

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    A large teak tree along the Srimangal-Bhanugachh road inside Lawachara National Park in Moulvibazar was reportedly cut down and stolen early today, raising fresh concerns about the Forest Department’s surveillance of the protected forest. The tree, with an estimated circumference of seven feet, worth nearly Tk 1 lakh, was allegedly felled and transported from a roadside despite forest guards and patrol teams reportedly being on duty nearby. A passerby at Bhanugachh Bazar said he saw a yellow tru

  5. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Mintu Deshwara

    Three floods in two months, and no time to recover (opens the original)

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    Three times in two months. Hasna Begum of Purba Sultanshi village in Kaliganj area under Habiganj Sadar upazila pauses when she recalls the number. The first time the Kaliganj dam on the Khowai River breached, her house was flooded and her crops were destroyed. Before she could clear the debris, the dam breached for a second time at the same spot. While she was waiting for the repairs to be completed, water entered the village for a third time. “Every time the water recedes, I start repairing my

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