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13 policemen of Companiganj Police Station closed over extortion, irregularities

Thirteen policemen of Companiganj Police Station have been closed to the Sylhet Police Lines on charges of extortion, irregularities and corruption. The punitive action was taken as per the order of Additional Superintendent of Sylhet Police Md Russelur Rahman on Monday. Two sub-inspectors, two assistant sub-inspectors and nine constables were among those closed in the police lines, Sylhet Superintendent of ...

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More than 400 people received free treatment in Jagannathpur

Bangla Mirror Desk : Karim Foundation Trust and Al-Mostafa Welfare Trust jointly organized a free medical camp in Kishorpur of Pailgaon Union of Jagannathpur Upazila on Sunday 9th February 2025. People from ten to twelve adjacent villages gathered the camp under the huge pandal of the open hour. Editor of Weekly Bangla Mirror and Online Portal Sylhet Mirror, Founder of  ...

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Five held in Sunamganj with 19 smuggled cows

Police arrested five people along with smuggled cows at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Saturday night. The arrested men are Md Rakib, 24, Md Rafiqul Islam, Md Fahim, 28, Ratul Miah, 32, and Md Masud Khan, 35. They are hailed from different districts across the country. Dharmapasha Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Enamul Hoque confirmed the detentions. Acting on a ...

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Lowest temperature recorded 8.9°C in Sreemangal

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) recorded the country’s lowest minimum temperature at 8.9 degree Celsius on Saturday in Sylhet’s Sreemangal, as a mild cold wave continued to affect parts of the country. “A mild cold wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Pabna, Naogaon, Dinajpur, Moulvibazar, and Chuadanga districts and it may persist,” the Met office said in its regular bulletin in the morning. ...

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Woman’s hanging body found in Moulvibazar

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from Bhabnul village of Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ambia Begum, 35, wife of Belal Miah, a resident of the same village in the upazila. According to police, locals found Ambia’s hanging body from the ceiling of her room and informed police. A team of police ...

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Two held with 17.5 kgs of gold in Sylhet Airport

Members of Customs Intelligence and National Security Intelligence (NSI) arrested two people with 17.5 kilograms of gold at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Thursday morning. The estimated market value of the seized gold is more than Taka 21 crore, the customs department said. The detainees are Syed Ahmed, 24, of Borolekha upazila in Moulvibazar district and Aftab Uddin, 36, ...

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Sheikh Mujib’s mural demolished in Sylhet

The mural of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, installed in front of the Sylhet District Commissioner’s office, has been demolished with a bulldozer. According to witnesses, a group of angry protesters arrived at the site around 9:30 pm with a bulldozer. Initially, they could not be there because the main gate was locked, but they managed to break the lock and stormed ...

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Missing child’s body recovered in Moulvibazar

Police on Thursday recovered the body of a child, who went missing on Wednesday, with her throat and hands cut in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj. The body was recovered in the morning from section number 11 of a tea garden next to Camellia Tea Garden at Shamsernagar of the upazila. The victim was Purnima Reli, daughter of Apara Reli, a tea worker ...

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Man fined for Illegal sand lifting in Moulvibazar

A man has been fined Tk 1,50,000 for illegal sand extraction from the Dholai River at Kamalganj upazila  in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. A mobile court led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Makhon Chandra Sutradhar conducted a raid at Brindabonpur area under Rahimpur union of the upazila and fined an individual named Sajib Debnath. According to reports, a strong syndicate ...

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Huge drugs seized in Habiganj

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered a large amount of drugs, including 169 bottles of liquor and 32 kilogram of cannabis in Habiganj district. They were recovered the drugs suring several drives on Sunday night. It said that a BGB team conducted a raid at the Teliapara tea garden in Madhabpur upazila at 9:00 PM on Sunday night, recovering 62 ...

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