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Six of a family killed in Sylhet road crash

Six members of a family, including two children, were killed and four others were injured after a pick-up collided with a human hauler on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway in Darbasta area of Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet on Monday. The deceased were—Mongali Patra, 50, daughter of Santosh Patra of Chiknagul union of the upazila; Sabita Patra, wife of Nanda Patra; 6-month old Bijli, ...

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BSF kills Bangladeshi along Moulvibazar border

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladesh teenage boy to death along a border at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Saddam, 13, son of Askir Miah, a resident of Moroichara area in the upazila. Locals said a team of the BSF shot at Saddam along Shikharia border in the afternoon while he ...

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Sylhet city wears a new look

Hundreds of vendors and hawkers have been evicted from the footpaths in Sylhet city in recent days as part of a rehabilitation programme. The city streets have worn a new look as they got free from traffic congestions after the eviction of vendors and hawkers. streets have worn a new look as they got free from traffic congestions after the ...

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Five shops gutted in Habiganj fire

Five shops were gutted in a fire near Zora bridge in Mirpur area under Bahubal upazila in Habiganj district on Friday. The fire originated from a shop in the area around 12:30pm this afternoon and soon engulfed the adjacent business establishments. As a result, five shops were completely gutted, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bahubal Model Police Station Moshiur Rahman said. Being ...

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Youth’s hanging body recovered in Sunamganj

The hanging body of a young man was recovered in Sunamganj’s Dowarabazar upazila on Friday morning. The dead was Sharif Ahmed, 23, son of Abul Kalam, a resident of Radhanagar village under Pandargaon union. Police said local people spotted the hanging body of the young man from a tree at the village in the morning and informed police. Being nformed, ...

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Elderly man beaten to death by ‘nephew’ in Sunamganj

A septuagenarian man was beaten to death allegedly his nephew at Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Thursday over a land dispute. The incident happened at at Fatehpur village around 8:30 am. Deceased Iskandar Ali, 70, was a resident of the village. Police said Ekhlas Miah along with Akkas, Gafur and some of his associates indiscriminately beat Iskandar Ali on ...

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Women among 30 injured in Sunamganj clash over Iftar

At least 30 people, including women, were injured in a clash between two groups in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur over Iftar distribution in a mosque. The incident took place on Tuesday (March 12) evening at Mandiata village of Uttar Sreepur union of the upazila. Of them, seriously injured Pabel Mia, 23, has been sent to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital. Besides, four people have ...

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Two killed in Moulvibazar road crashes

Two people were killed in two separate road crashes at Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday morning. The accidents took place within 9am to 10am in the morning at Sindurkhana Olamoya area in the upazila. According to police, a ninth grader Rahim Mia, son of Hafiz Mia, of Jamsi village, lost control over the steering of his father’s bike ...

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Woman in Sylhet wins 10L in Walton’s ‘Nonstop Millionaire’ campaign

Housewife ‘Laki Begum’ in Sylhet, Balaganj was awarded Tk10 lakh after she had purchased a Walton brand refrigerator at installment under the ongoing digital campaign season-20’s ‘nonstop millionaire offer. With the slogan of ‘Best product, Best offer’, the country’s electronics giant Walton has launched ‘Digital Campaign Season-20’ across the country with the offer of ‘Nonstop Millionaire’ benefit. Total of 30 ...

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AL leader among 4 sued over raping girl in Sunamganj

A case was filed against four people, including a local Awami League (AL) leader, over raping a youth girl after tying her lover to a tree at Dowarbazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The rape case was filed at Dowarabazar Police Station lodged by the 27-year-old victim on Saturday. Afsor Uddin, general secretary of Awami League’s ward-4 unit of Mannargaon ...

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