Sylhet

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a large consignment of smuggled Indian goods worth approximately Tk 1.5 crore from the border area of Sunamganj Sadar upazila. The operation took place on Monday morning on the Surma River. Lieutenant Colonel AKM Zakaria Kadir, commander of 28th Battalion of BGB in Sunamganj, confirmed the seizure, adding that the goods, reportedly smuggled from ...

The government has approved several projects for protecting Boro crops in the haor-dominated district of Sunamganj. Through farmer-formed Project Implementation Committees (PIC), embankments will be built and repaired with an allocated budget of approximately Tk 100 crore. On Sunday, the reconstruction and repair works for haor protection embankments in Dharmapasha, Madhyanagar, and Dowarabazar upazilas were inaugurated in separate ceremonies. In ...

Two passengers of a CNG-run autorickshaw were killed in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in South Surma on Saturday. The victims, Ruhul Amin (26), son of Anjab Ullah from Islampur village in Jagannathpur, and Abdul Mukit (40), son of Abdus Sattar from Bhabanipur village in the same upazila, died on the spot. Four others, ...

Locals rescued Awami League leader Misbah Uddin Siraj from the Sagor Dighirpar area around 3:30am on Tuesday and took him to hospital after he came under attack at midnight in the city. Misbah was Awami League’s central organising secretary for three times. Sylhet metropolitan police’s additional deputy commissioner (media) Mohammad Saiful Islam confirmed the attack to saying that the police ...

Sylhet Zilla Hospital, built at a cost of approximately Tk 85 crore, remains unoccupied despite the fact that construction was completed earlier this year. The authorities have yet to assume responsibility for the 250-bed facility, delaying its opening and leaving the hospital unused over a year after its completion. Initiated in 2019, the project was inaugurated by then prime minister ...

Police have arrested four individuals in connection with their involvement in vandalising and damaging properties of the Hindu community and the local temple at Doarabazar of Sunamganj district earlier this month, according to a press release issued by the Chief Adviser’s press wing. The arrestees were – – Alim Hossain, 19, Sultan Ahmed Raju, 20, Imran Hossain, 31, and Shajahan ...

Environment activists and academics have demanded immediate measures for stopping illegal extraction of stone from various places in Sylhet. They raised the issue at a view exchange meeting with the media persons at a hotel in the city on Wednesday. They sought media support for the critical issue while some groups were lobbying for permission of stone extraction although it’s ...

Authorities in Sylhet dismantled 30 illegal stone-crushing machines in Dhopagul under Sylhet Sadar upazila on Tuesday, as part of a crackdown to protect the environment and uphold law and order. Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Khushnoor Rubaiyath said that during the drive, 30 illegal stone-crushing machines were recovered by the authorities. “Business owners have assured us that they will remove ...

Police have arrested three individuals along with approximately 7 kilograms of hemp from Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The arrests were made at a checkpoint in Sarisatla bazaar area on the Shamshernagar-Brahmanbazar road on Tuesday midnight. The arrested are Anil Kharai, 30, and Rajen Kharai, 24, from Khejuri Chhara Tea Garden area of Sreemangal, and Ful Mia, 55, ...

Workers from eight tea gardens under Kamalganj National Tea Company Limited (NTCL) in Moulvibazar district resumed work on Tuesday after receiving part of their overdue wages. The workers had been on a work stoppage for nearly 49 days, demanding the payment of their outstanding dues. The authorities cleared two weeks of the workers’ arrears on Monday, marking the first installment ...