One worker were killed and two injoured in a landslide while extracting stones from Jaflong in Goainghat upazila on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Ali Ahmed, 40, son of Ershad Ullah, alompur village in Duara upazila. Officer-in-charge of Goainghat police station Abdul Hai said the incident took place in between 8pm and 9 pm, leaving them dead on ...

Awami League backed candidate Gulshanara Mily became the elected Chairman of the newly formed Juri Upazila in the peaceful and fair poll held Sunday. Mily defeated his nearest candidate Bodrul Hussain by a margin of 10,692 votes. Mily secured 22455 votes while Bodrul secured 11763 votes. According to official sources, about 86 percent votes were cast in the election held ...

Sylhet police administration is going to take stern action against smoking and the tactful adverts of tobacco company It was told at an workshop organized by sylhet District Police on Tuesday. Clarifying their Stances in this regard kamrul Ahsan, police commissioner of SMP and Md. Mijanur Rahman D I G of Sylhet, Said , We will maintain zero tolerance adont ...

Speakers at a post-rally discussion here on Sunday called upon the young generations, including students, for launching social movement in changing social mindset for building a corruption-free Bangladesh. District Corruption Prevention Committee (DCPC) arranged the Scholers Home in observance of the Corruption Prevention Week- 2015 from March 26 to April 1 with the theme ‘Unitedly We Vow to Hate the ...

Management of the schools have decided to resume full-scale academic activities from Monday after the BNP excluded Sylhet from the purview of their shutdowns. School academic year begins in January but the institutions in Sylhet could not run normally due to the 20-Party Alliance’s indefinite nationwide transport blockade since Jan 5 and several rounds of shutdowns along with it. The ...

Traffic snarls have returned to Sylhet streets with the BNP calling off its two-month-long weekday shutdowns.The traffic congestion was steadily building up over the past few days and peaked on Wednesday. Roads in Bandarbazar, Zindabazar, Mirabzar, Amborkhana, Shibgonj, Subhanighat and Upashohor seemed overly crowded since morning.The traffic situation got worse as the day progressed.The BNP-led alliance had been enforcing a ...

New Zealand spin bowler Daniel Vettori has retired from international cricket. The 36-year-old’s last appearance for the Black Caps came in Sunday’s World Cup final defeat by Australia. Vettori played 113 Test matches, 295 one-day internationals and 34 Twenty20 internationals, taking 705 wickets, as well as scoring 6,989 runs. “It was my last game for New Zealand, so it was ...

British clubs playing in the Champions League and Europa League from next season will receive a share of a 2.24bn euro (£1.67bn) prize pot. Uefa is to increase funding by nearly a third from 1.66bn euro (£1.2bn). The deal will also see money being distributed more evenly, with Europa League participants getting increased revenue in the qualifying rounds. Uefa president ...

A legal notice was served on the authorities of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) requesting them to file an appeal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for punishing the umpires for their wrong decisions in quarter-final between Bangladesh and India on March 19. Supreme Court lawyer Eunus Ali Akond sent the legal notice to the team manager of the BCB, its ...

AHM Mustafa Kamal, president of International Cricket Council (ICC), said Bangladesh will appeal against “controversial” umpiring decisions during Bangladesh’s quarterfinal game against India in Melbourne today. Kamal, also planning minister of Bangladesh, said if necessary, he will resign as ICC chief protesting the “controversial decisions” made by the umpires. The ICC chief made the comments while talking to several private ...