Sylhet

HABIGANJ, Nov 5, 2026 : The government is taking coordinated initiatives to ensure quality learning for every child by giving equal importance to learning outcomes, nutrition, teacher development, effective monitoring and accountability, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj said today. He said improving the quality of primary education required more than building school infrastructure or ensuring students’ ...

A youth was killed in a head-on collision between a bus and motorcycle in the Ratanpur area on the Habiganj-Shaistaganj road of Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Tanvir, 25, son of Sobaraj Mia, of Bulla village in Lakhai upazila. He worked at a computer shop in Shaistaganj. Officer-in-Charge of Habiganj Sadar Police Station Zahidul Haque ...

A mobile court in Sylhet city today sentenced a businessman to one year of imprisonment and fined three business establishments a total of Tk 1.80 lakh for manufacturing unauthorised medicines and selling counterfeit and substandard products. The joint drive was conducted by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) and the district administration. DNCRP Sylhet Divisional Office Deputy Director ...

BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today said BNP’s position is zero tolerance against those involved in extortion, hooliganism and various types of unethical activities. If anyone is involved in any kind of wrongdoing using the party’s name, strict measures will be taken against them, he said. Rizvi, also a Political Adviser to Prime Minister, made the ...

Around 15,000 workers at four tea gardens under Deundi Tea Company in Habiganj have gone without wages for three weeks, leaving their families, including children and elderly members, struggling to meet their basic needs. On Sunday afternoon, workers from Deundi, Lalchand, Noapara and Mrittika tea gardens formed a human chain in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office, demanding payment of ...

Sylhet Office : Pallabi Chowdhury has passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination this year with a Golden GPA-5 in the Science Group, securing a total of 1,190 marks. She appeared in the examination from Sylhet MC College. Pallabi is the eldest child of Prothap Chowdhury, Assistant Director (Associate Professor) of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Sylhet Region, ...

SYLHET, Oct 31, 2026 : The pass rate in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Sylhet Education Board stood at 50.90 percent this year, with 1,204 students achieving GPA-5. Sylhet Education Board Controller of Examinations Bilkis Begum officially announced the results at a press conference at the board office this morning. A total of 72,745 candidates appeared in ...

Jaintiapur Correspondent : Police have arrested a man in Jaintiapur upazila in connection with a case filed over an alleged attempt to traffic two women to India by promising them well-paid jobs. A team from Jaintiapur Model Police Station arrested Hanif Miah, 35, son of late Sayed Ali of Dibir Haor village, from the Alubagan area of the upazila around ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Traditional educational development, social, and voluntary organization of Jagannathpur Upazila of Sunamganj District —Cash and certificates have been awarded to the meritorious students nominated for the 21st Shah Ashrafunnesa Kamali Memorial Primary Talent Scholarship 2026, initiated by the “SAY Foundation”. So far, the cash grants and certificates for this scholarship have been awarded to 2,081 Talented ...

A Sylhet court on Thursday sentenced dismissed SI Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan to death for the torture and death of Raihan Ahmed at the city’s Bandar Bazar police outpost in 2020. Two other accused, constables Md Harun Or Rashid and Titu Chandra Das, were sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Tk1 lakh each, while Sub-Inspector Md Hasan Uddin, ASI Ashik Elahi ...