Illegal stone extraction
Stone Mining in Hills: 200 streams in peril
Unrestrained stone extraction in at least 200 streambeds strewn across the hills of Bandarban is jeopardising the livelihoods of 11 ethnic groups and taking a toll on the biological diversity of the forest, according to a study.
Another dies in 'death-pit'
Another stone quarry worker was killed yesterday morning while “illegally” extracting stones in Jaflong area of Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet.
3 more killed, Sylhet stone extraction on
Three more workers were killed as a big chunk of earth fell on them at a stone quarry of Sylhet's Companiganj upazila on Wednesday.
6 more killed in stone pits
Five workers were crushed to death and three others injured while extracting stones at a quarry in Kalairag area of Companiganj
Death trap in stone quarry
When quarry labourer Sundar Ali heard yesterday morning that some children including his son had gone to collect stones in the
Jaflong Stone Extraction: Mobile court takes action, destroys excavators
A mobile court in Sylhet's Gowainghat has destroyed 25 excavators, locally known as boma machines, and other earthmoving
Stone Mining in Hills: 200 streams in peril
Unrestrained stone extraction in at least 200 streambeds strewn across the hills of Bandarban is jeopardising the livelihoods of 11 ethnic groups and taking a toll on the biological diversity of the forest, according to a study.
Another dies in 'death-pit'
Another stone quarry worker was killed yesterday morning while “illegally” extracting stones in Jaflong area of Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet.
3 more killed, Sylhet stone extraction on
Three more workers were killed as a big chunk of earth fell on them at a stone quarry of Sylhet's Companiganj upazila on Wednesday.
6 more killed in stone pits
Five workers were crushed to death and three others injured while extracting stones at a quarry in Kalairag area of Companiganj
Death trap in stone quarry
When quarry labourer Sundar Ali heard yesterday morning that some children including his son had gone to collect stones in the
Jaflong Stone Extraction: Mobile court takes action, destroys excavators
A mobile court in Sylhet's Gowainghat has destroyed 25 excavators, locally known as boma machines, and other earthmoving