Sylhet

The Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, Sylhet on Sunday set January 7 to deliver the verdict in the case of the alleged custodial death of Raihan Ahmed at a city police station. Raihan, who was 34-year-old at the time of his death, died on October 11, 2020 allegedly after he had endured brutal torture at the Bandar Bazar outpost of the ...

A Milad Mahfil and cooked food distribution programmme was held today in the district for the early recovery of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and praying for the souls of martyred President Ziaur Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko. The district unit of BNP organized the programme on Sunday afternoon at Habiganj Orphanage. Central BNP Organizing Secretary ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a schoolgirl from Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Jhuma Akter, 10, daughter of Harun Mia, a resident of Amlashid village under Barthakuri union in the upazila. Jhuma was a Class IV student. According to locals, Jhuma was found hanging in the family’s cowshed. Later, family members ...

A youth was killed in a clash between two groups in Badambagicha area of Sylhet district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shah Mahmud Hasan Tapu, 17, son of Shah Enamul Haque, a resident of Badambagicha area in Sylhet municipality. According to sources, a clash broke out between two factions of the area at around 11:30 PM when ...

Balia Government Primary School in Paikurati Union, Dharmapasha Upazila, Sunamganj, has become a stark example of how mismanagement, political influence, and systemic malpractice are compromising education. With only 21 students enrolled, the school operates more like a bureaucratic formality than a place of learning. Despite government orders to remain open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, classes often start late, ...

Sylhet’s rail communication with the other parts of country which was suspended after an engine went out of order in Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district was restored after three hours on Thursday afternoon. Monir Hossain, Noapara Station Master, said the Dhaka-bound inter-city ‘Kalni Express’ train from Sylhet went out of order near Itakhola Station in Madhabpur upazila around 10:30 am, ...

A human chain was formed at Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible for the brutal murder of a local truck driver Md Abdur Rahim Mortuz. The protest was held at Maddhya Bazaar area in the upazila on Tuesday afternoon and saw hundreds of men and women standing along both sides of the road, expressing ...

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Dr. Mohammad Abdul Momen has stressed an urgent need to align public intentions with real actions in the fight against corruption. Addressing a hall filled with service recipients, government officials, and representatives from various sectors at the 192nd public hearing of the held at the Habiganj District Shilpakala Academy, the Chairman said, “If we were to ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-48) seized smuggled goods worth about Tk 90 lakh from different border areas of Sylhet district on Sunday night. According to sources, several teams of BGB officials from different BOP conducted drives in the border areas of Sangram, Bichnakandi, Pratappur, Tamabil, Kalairag, Banglabazar and Sonali Chela in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts under the BGB-48 battalion. During the ...

A press conference was held with newly appointed Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner Touhiduzzaman Pavel on Sunday (23 November) at the DC office conference room. The event was organised by the district administration. More than a hundred journalists from print and electronic media in the district attended the briefing, where they raised issues related to local problems, development priorities and areas requiring ...