Sylhet

A mobile court sentenced a young man to six months of rigorous imprisonment for consuming drugs at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The accused was Md Samed Ali, 23, sentenced at Outer Rail Crossing area of the town. Shah Zahurul Hossain, Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate of the upazila said that the operation was conducted on secret ...

Cent per cent harvesting of Boro paddy has been completed in the haor areas and 53 per cent in non-haor areas in the Sylhet region. This season witnessed a bumper yield of paddy as the weather was favourable for harvesting. Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Sylhet, Md Mosharraf Hossain said farmers had started paddy harvesting in ...

A Sylhet court has sentenced three people, including the victim’s son, to death in a case filed over the murder of former Sylhet District Bar Association president Shamsul Islam Chowdhury. Divisional Special Judge’s Court Judge Shahadat Hossain Pramanik announced the verdict in the 14-year-old case on Tuesday, state counsel Md Ansaruzzaman said. The convicts are the victim’s son Masud Ahmed ...

“The road expansion work is going on, and soil, sand, and other materials are scattered everywhere. Because of the rain, the road has become muddy, and vehicles are forced to slow down to avoid accidents,” he said. Passengers and transport workers are facing similar delays and hardship on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway due to the slow progress of two major infrastructure ...

At least 30 people were killed and 42 others injured in road accidents in Sylhet Division in April, said a report of Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa), Sylhet. Among the deceased eleven people were killed in accidents involving motorbikes, one is auto-rickshaw or human hauler passenger, and seven were pedestrians, it said. Zahirul Islam Mishu, convener of Nischa, said the report ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, is set to commence direct flights from Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport to Madinah on May 14, aiming to ease the sufferings of Hajj pilgrims. A total of five direct flights will be operated from Sylhet, accommodating 2,095 pilgrims and making their travel smoother. Confirming the matter, Shahnewaz Majumder, Biman’s manager in Sylhet, said ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth Tk 53.67 lakh in separate drives conducted along the Sylhet and Sunamganj borders on Friday. Based on intelligence reports, BGB launched special operations in several border areas including Banglabazar, Sonalichela, Sangram, Pratappur, Tamabil, Kalasadek, Sonarhat, Labia, and Sreepur, said Lieutenant Colonel Md Nazmul Haque, commander of the Sylhet Battalion. During the raids, ...

Around 2,500 tea garden workers will block Sylhet Airport Road in Sylhet on May 4 since they have remained unpaid for the last 20 weeks. Ronjit Nayek Ronju, convener of the Chasramik O Chabagan Rokha Committee, confirmed the development to The Daily Star. He said, “Despite repeated assurances, no one has kept their word. We have heard many promises, but ...

A farmer was killed in a lightning strike in Paknar Haor under Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Thursday. The deceased was Manik Mia, 35, son of late Hossain Ali, a resident of Lakshmipur village of the upazila. A rainstorm followed by lightning hit Manik around 1.30 pm when he was harvesting paddy on his land in the haor area, ...

A leader of the transport workers’ union and Awami League affiliated labour organisation Bangladesh Sramik League was granted bail on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested in cases filed for attacking rallies by of students and people in July-August. Sylhet Kotwali police officer-in-charge Md Ziaul Haque confirmed the arrest of Zakaria. He said that a team of Detective Branch arrested ...