TEA HEAVEN RESORT (SREEMANGAL): Sylhet district unit general secretary of Workers’ Party Sikandar Alim commented that the main hindrance for the development of tourism in Sylhet division is communication.

He made this remark while addressing a special discussion on the prospects and problems of tourism in greater Sylhet.

The discussion has started at Tea Heaven Resort in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district at 10:00am on Sunday (July 24).

Later, senior output editor Zakaria Mondol and assistant output editor Ashif Aziz presented the reports published by banglanews on Sylhet tourist spots using a projector.

Civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon is present here as chief guest.

Additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Mashooqur Rahman Sikder, senior assistant super of Moulvibazar tourist police AKM Mosharraf Hossain, Sreemangal upazila nirbahi officer (acting) Biswajit Kumar Paul, Sreemangal police station OC M Mahbubur Rahman, Tea Heaven Resort managing director Sultan M Idris Ledu and director Abu Siddique Mohammad Musa and Sreemangal Inn’s chairman M Sayed Ali have attended the discussion.

Besides, Sreemangal press club general secretary M Idris Ali, Sreemangal union parishad chairman Bhanulal Roy, Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) communication officer Obaidul Fatah and high-ups of local administration, forest department, and representatives of tourism related government and non-government offices also are present here.

Banglanews24.com’s editor-in-chief Alamgir Hossain is presiding over the discussion while head of news Mahmood Menon and Lifestyle editor Sharmina Islam are moderating.

Sreemangal Inn, Tea Heaven Resort, Nirvana Inn and Ispahani are the sponsors of the program.

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