After a portion of the Turag was illegally filled by sand, a loading dock was built on it. Even though the BIWTA erected border pillars for such activities to stop, encroachers have been carrying on exploiting the river. PHOTO: RASHED SHUMON
People taking part in the over 100-year old fishing festival in the Dorangborang Beel in Mollargaon union of Sylhet’s South Surma upazila. Locals said the festival is celebrated every year around two weeks into the Bangla month of Ogrohayon (starting mid-November) and people from different parts of the country gather at the beel with different kinds of fishing traps to partake in it. PHOTO: SHEIKH NASIR
