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The traditional perfume industry of Moulvibazar has come to a standstill due to the Covid-19’s fallouts. With almost zero sales, a number of major perfume factories in Sujanagar of Barlekha have had to limit their activities.
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Poaching of wildlife is alarmingly on the rise in Lawachhara National Park under Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila.
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Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) recently served legal notices on 20 different officials of the government, urging them to save the environment by putting a stop to illegal extraction of sand in four upazilas of Habiganj.
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Indigenous people of Ishachhara punjee(village) in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila have started guarding their betel leaf gardens (paan jum) in a bid to resist any attempt to evict their families and grab their land.
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At least four dead workers have apparently collected grant money awarded to 400 hundred tea workers at Sreebari Tea Garden in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj.
