Sylhet

The southwestern part of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila is groaning under the relentless weight of heavy vehicles, leaving thousands of locals caught in the daily misery of crumbling roads. For people in several unions of Moulvibazar and two neighbouring upazilas, what once were vital lifelines have now become stretches of broken asphalt and deep potholes. The worst-hit are the Moulvibazar–Kagabala and ...

A joint force today seized 2.5 lakh cubic feet of looted stones during a drive in the Dhupgul area of Sylhet Sadar upazila. Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Khoshnur Rubaiyat led the drive. With this latest seizure, authorities have confiscated a total of 4 lakh cubic feet of illegally extracted stones over the past three days from various locations, including ...

Police have arrested five people in connection with the looting of stones from Bholaganj stone quarry in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet district. The arrest were made on Friday night following a case file by Director General (joint secretary) of Bureau of Mineral Development (BMD) Anwarul Habib at night. Uzayer Al Mahmud Adnan, officer in-charge of Companiganj Police Station, confirmed the ...

Two young men riding a motorbike were killed in a tragic road accident after being struck by a bus at Osmaninagar Upazila of Sylhet this evening. The deceased were Nazmul Islam, 32, son of Abdul Karim from Baraishapur village in Umarpur Union, and Arosh Ali, of the same village. Witnesses said, Nazmul and Arosh were heading towards Sylhet from Goalabazar ...

Religious Affairs Adviser Dr. A F M Khalid Hossain has assured that all security forces are actively preparing to ensure a free, fair and peaceful national election, leaving no room for communal unrest in the country. He made the remarks on Friday while speaking to journalists following a visit to the under-construction Shri Shri Advaita Acharya Temple complex in Rajagaon, ...

A child named Masum has gone missing after falling into the water while visiting the popular tourist spot Tanguar Haor in Tahirpur, Sunamganj with his parents. The incident occurred on Friday (August 15) afternoon when the child suddenly fell from a tourist boat into the haor and went missing. A rescue operation was immediately launched by a team from Tahirpur ...

In a late-night operation, joint forces recovered around 12,000 cubic feet of illegally extracted stones from the popular tourist spot ‘Shada Pathor’ (White Stone) in Sylhet. The stones were looted from the banks of the Dhalai River and transported elsewhere, but law enforcement agencies managed to retrieve and return them to the site. The operation began after midnight on Wednesday ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into the large-scale looting of white stones in Bholaganj, under Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila. A nine-member ACC team visited the Sada Pathor area this afternoon to collect evidence and statements from locals and administration. Ashraf Uddin, assistant director at ACC’s Sylhet office, said, “We found evidence of illegal stone extraction during our spot ...

A housewife’s suspicious death occurred at Derai upazila in Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Soma Akter, 21, wife of Kayes Mia of Chandipur village under Derai municipality. According to locals, family members took Soma to Derai Upazila Health Complex in serious condition when the on-duty doctors declared her dead. Soma’s in-laws are claiming that Soma committed ...

A powerful syndicate is allegedly plundering stones from Bholaganj’s Sadapathor quarry with the help of a few local influential figures and corrupt members of the police. Once a thriving tourist destination, the area has now lost much of its scenic beauty. Although the administration claims to be conducting regular mobile court drives, in reality, the looting continues unabated. Local resident ...