Dhaka, May 16 -- Greedy profiteers are pillaging Sylhet's picturesque "Sada Pathor", or white stone - -- a picturesque tourist haven known for its brilliant white stones, naturally sculpted from pebbles and rocks washed down from Meghalaya's hills by currents and floodwaters, collecting at the mouth of the Dholai river near the Bangladesh-India border.

Brazenly operating under the administration's very gaze, these opportunists loot valuable mineral resources worth "hundreds of crores of taka" day and night, turning natural beauty into stark exploitation.

Following the change of regime on Aug 5, control and exploitation of natural and mineral resources-including sand, stones, and pebbles-in the lush, mountainous Companiganj area of Bhola...