Sylhet

Habiganj Correspondent : A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a truck in Olipur area of Habiganj on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalek, 50, son of late Aftab Hossain, from Ikram village in Baniachong upazila. According to locals, Khalek was travelling by motorcycle from Morakari village in Lakhai upazila to visit his in-laws. When he ...

A Dhaka court has ordered the arrest of former Moulvibazar-2 MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed in a case over the alleged attempted murder of BNP activist Mushfiqur Rahman Abir during violence surrounding the party’s rally in Naya Paltan on 10 December 2022. The order was issued today (14 October) by Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam following a police ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   14 October 2026: The UK parliamentary delegation, led by UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh Chair Apsana Begum MP participated in a roundtable discussion organised by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) on  October 10 The delegation of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in Bangladesh has held engagements in Sylhet District, ...

Tea workers at Mirtinga Tea Estate in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, staged a sit-in on Wednesday, demanding their Durga Puja bonuses and outstanding dues. Thousands of workers gathered inside the factory around noon and vowed to continue their protest until their demands were met. Workers’ leaders said they would not leave without receiving the bonus and arrears. Mirtinga Tea Estate Manager Rezaul ...

Police have detained a young man in Companiganj, Sylhet, after a Facebook post expressing frustration over the continued closure of stone quarries and featuring a photograph of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury. Jubear Ahmed, 32, was detained on Tuesday afternoon and has since remained, said Companiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Usman Gani. He is a ...

Jagannathpur (Sunamganj) Correspondent : A court in Sunamganj has sentenced Jitesh Chandra Gop to death in the murder case of Shahnaz Parvin Jotsna, whose dismembered body was recovered from a pharmacy in Jagannathpur in 2022. Sunamganj District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Habibullah delivered the verdict on Tuesday. Public Prosecutor Advocate Mallik Moin Uddin confirmed the verdict. According to case records, ...

Gowainghat Correspondent : A group of unidentified assailants hacked a local Juba Dal activist to death in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet early Sunday. The deceased, 32-year-old Badrul Alam of Hadarpar village under Rustampur union, is a former organising secretary of the union unit Chhatra Dal and an aspirant for the general secretary post in the Gowainghat upazila unit of Juba ...

SUST Correspondent : A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) was killed in a motorcycle accident on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway near the university campus on Saturday night. The deceased, Sadman Rahman, also known as Nabil, was a student of the Department of Physics in the 2025-26 academic session. His home was in Madhya Bhabanipur area of Rajbari ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury has said that the government will provide financial assistance to poor meritorious students up to university level. “Talented children from poor families, who cannot pursue their studies due to lack of fund will be given financial aid. Assistance will also be given to those who get the opportunity to enroll in ...

SYLHET, Oct 10, 2026 : Preparations are nearing completion for the celebration of Sharadiya Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, with 2,766 puja mandaps being set up across the four districts of Sylhet Division. Of the total, 636 mandaps are in Sylhet district and metropolitan area, 1,022 in Moulvibazar, 664 in Habiganj and 444 in Sunamganj. ...