Sylhet

Habiganj Correspondent : A four-member committee has been formed to investigate allegations of wrong treatment and negligence in the death of veteran journalist and freedom fighter Golam Mustafa Rafiq at a private hospital in Habiganj. Habiganj Deputy Commissioner GM Sharfaraz formed the committee last night following allegations over the treatment provided to Rafiq. Civil Surgeon Dr Ratnadwip Biswas has been ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury today ordered swift action against brokers who lure youths from Sunamganj into irregular migration, often putting their lives at risk. While addressing a meeting at the Sunamganj deputy commissioner’s conference room on ensuring safe migration and preventing irregular journeys abroad, he said that the brokers must be identified quickly and brought ...

The activities and office of the Sylhet Development Authority were inaugurated tuesday at Naiorpul in Sylhet city amid a festive atmosphere. Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher, MP, inaugurated the authority’s activities at a civic gathering held at the Sylhet Zila Parishad auditorium. Commerce, Textiles and Jute and Industries Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir attended the programme as the chief ...

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Sylhet and neighbouring Sunamganj today (24 August), with two of the crashes occurring on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway. A 15-year-old girl was killed and three others were seriously injured in the first accident when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Jaintapur in the morning. The deceased, Nusrat Jahan Tasnim, was a ...

A 15-year-old madrasa student was killed and three others were seriously injured after a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Jaintapur, Sylhet, on Monday. The accident occurred around 11:30am in the Chiknagul area, in front of the main gate of Sylhet Gas Fields Limited on the Sylhet-Tamabil Highway. The deceased was identified as Nusrat Jahan Tasnim, a resident of Dhalai ...

Water in the Khoai River is flowing above the danger level at the Ballah station in Habiganj, while moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast in Sylhet, Mymensingh, Rangpur and Chattogram divisions and adjoining upstream areas over the next three days. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said this in its latest rainfall and river situation report issued on Monday. ...

A joint task force has seized Indian smuggled sarees and a large quantity of cosmetics worth around Tk 3 crore during a special operation in the Sreemangal Railway Station area of Moulvibazar. The operation was conducted around 3:00 PM on (August 22) as part of the ongoing campaign by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to ensure border security, prevent smuggling ...

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Saturday said businesses from India and the United States (US) have expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh, while putting forward a number of proposals and suggestions for creating a more investment-friendly environment. “Indian and US businesspeople have shown interest in investing in Bangladesh. They have also made some proposals and given suggestions to make ...

A group calling itself the “Tawhidi Janata” has demanded the cancellation of a traditional boat race scheduled on the Sunai River for 28 August in the Beanibazar area of Sylhet. The group held a meeting on Thursday (20 August) under the banner of “Tawhidi Janata Lauta Union,” where it called for the cancellation of the competition. However, organisers said they ...

Sylhet Office : Four people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an oil tanker and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Osmani Nagar of Sylhet on Saturday. The accident occurred around 2:00 PM in the Brahmangram area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. Police said the auto-rickshaw was travelling from Sherpur towards Sylhet when it collided head-on with an ...