Sana Ullah Sanu

Farmers in Maijchhara village, Noakhali Sadar, cut unripe rice plants to use as cattle fodder, struggling to salvage what they can as last year’s floods devastated Aman rice crops in Lakshmipur and Noakhali. Many fields are left without rice grains, with panicles failing to develop or producing empty grains. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
Agriculture

Farmers struggle with immature rice crops in flood-hit Lakshmipur, Noakhali

The collapse on 9 Jan also damaged two adjacent shops and a cemetery, with nearby buildings now at risk of further structural issues. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Piling work for high-rise building causes road collapse, gas disruption in Lakshmipur

Paddy farmers in Lakshmipur load stacks of hay onto a tractor. A shortage of hay, caused by reduced Aman paddy cultivation, has led to soaring prices. While livestock farmers struggle with rising costs, paddy farmers benefit from record profits in hay sales. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Headache over hay: Livestock farmers grapple with surging costs

Workers sort fresh betel nuts from a pile into baskets during the harvest season at a village market in Laxmipur. The photo was taken recently by Sana ullah Sanu.
Bangladesh

‘One tree per household’: Lakshmipur leads in betel nut trade 

Once the sole breadwinner for his family, Sujon now relies on others for basic mobility, facing a dire reality as his family falls deeper into poverty and uncertainty. Photos: TBS
Bangladesh

Living with 7 bullets: Sujon’s months of excruciating pain

The post-flood scenario has left the rural transportation network in a state of near-collapse, causing widespread disruptions. Photos: Sana Ullah Sanu
Bangladesh

146 Lakshmipur roads in ruins; villagers face long-term travel disruptions

Boat anchored in the Joy Bangla Canal at the entrance of Motirhat Bazar on 12 October. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

'Buying new clothes, adorning boats, mending nets': Fishermen’s festivities begin with 22-day break

People in Cumilla’s Burichang are evacuating their homes for higher grounds as floodwaters rise. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

August floods: Cumilla incurs Tk3,362cr loss, Lakshmipur battles diarrhoea outbreak

Residents wade through floodwaters at Amlitala village of Peariganj union under Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila last week. Floodwaters have remained stagnant for nearly two weeks in many areas of Lakshmipur, a downstream district through which waters were supposed to drain into the Bay of Bengal in a few days. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu
Bangladesh

Floodwaters stuck in Lakshmipur: What's really to blame?

File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

HC asks why administration's failure to prevent occupying Bhulua river, canals shouldn't be illegal

Flooding in Lakshmipur on 22 August 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Writ seeks HC directive to free river, canals from encroachment in Noakhali, Lakshmipur

A man rows a boat in a flooded area of Lakshmipur. Photo: Sana Ullah Sanu/TBS
Bangladesh

Over 300 villages in Lakshmipur cut off, cry for drinking water

A paddy field in Lakshmipur inundated in heavy rainfall and unusually high tides. The flooding has devastated thousands of acres of Aman paddy seedlings and vegetable farms across several coastal districts in the southern region of the country. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

Heavy rains, high tides cause southern farmers massive crop loss