haor

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at the "National Haor Dialogue 2024" at the SIRDAP auditorium in the capital on 10 December 2024. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Stop lease of haors immediately: Adviser Farida

I believe the lease of haors should be stopped immediately. There is no question of leasing lands that destroy people's lives and livelihoods, she says

Rizwana after inspecting an embankment at Umedpur area of Mortian Haor under Tahirpur upazila in the district on 26 Nov. Photo: BSS
Environment

Master plan of Haors to be revised: Rizwana

Agricultural workers are busy harvesting paddy in the fields at Shanir Haor in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila. Untimely floods often devastate the crops in the low-lying area. This year, farmers have been able to harvest without any major natural disasters so far. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Sylhet haors see bumper boro crop, harvest nears completion

These temporary 'villages,' typically comprising a few bamboo houses, are erected solely for the dry season, dismantled preemptively before the onset of monsoon floods. Photo: Masud Al Mamun
Panorama

The strange mobile villages of haor

At least five groups of herders came to the haors this year, with a total of 1,200 buffalos. The largest one had 350 buffalos in the herd. Photo: Rezaul Hoque Rumi
Panorama

The migrant buffalos of haor

Photo: Ashraful Haque
Panorama

Haor Master Plan, tourism and the persistent housing crisis in the haors

Abundant natural resources have made haors a suitable place for duck farming. PHOTO: ASHRAFUL HAQUE
Panorama

The mobile duck farms in the haors

Selim Ahmed. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Why and how the lives and livelihoods in the Haor region can be improved

File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

90% paddy harvested in haor areas: Minister

All haor roads to be elevated for smooth water flow: PM Hasina
Bangladesh

All haor roads to be elevated for smooth water flow: PM Hasina

Two-day conference on saving rivers, haors, beels starts Friday
Bangladesh

Two-day conference on saving rivers, haors, beels starts Friday

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Waterbodies in haor areas 90% less than thirty years ago

Two fishermen are fishing in a haor in Sunamhganj. Dams built in the district’s haors every year to save crops are hurting the breeding of fishes, pushing many species to extinction. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Haor dams save crops, but push fishes to extinction