Sylhet

Police have arrested a police constable over raping a college girl multiple times by promising her marriage at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district. The accused police constable is Ainul Haque, a resident of Islampur Dubhag village under Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district. The victim herself appeared at Dharmapasha Police Station on Monday night and filed a case under the Prevention ...

The Zakat Foundation of America, through its Bangladesh Country Office, provided important food support to 100 vulnerable families at Kulaura in Moulvibazar on Sunday. It was organized under the supervision of the foundation’s Project Officer, Md. Nurul Islam. The distribution event took place in the courtyard of the Kulaura Upazila Parishad where each family received 60 kilograms of rice as ...

The World Environment Day was celebrated at Lauachhara National Parkin Moulvibazar district on Sunday in a befitting manner. A series of programmes were organised to mark the day under the theme “No More Plastic Pollution, Time to Act Is Now” aiming to raise awareness about environmental protection and pollution prevention. A rally was brought around 11:00 AM led by Assistant ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized smuggled goods worth Taka 7.5 crore in different frontier areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts. On a tip-off, a BGB team conducted drives on Friday in frontier areas of Tamabil, Sangram, Damdamia, Bichnakandi, Utma, Banglabazar, Sonalichela, Panthumai, Minatila and Sreepur BOP of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts under the Sylhet Battalion and seized ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday recovered a large sum of Indian drugs from different places in Sunamganj district. According to BGB, a team of Sunamganj BGB-28 recovered an owner less consignment of 128 bottles of Indian liquor, worth Tk 192000, from Tahirpur upazila in the district. On the contrary, 10000 packet of Indian cigarettes worth nearly Tk ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has called for justice in the brutal murder of schoolgirl Nafiza Jannat Anjum, warning law enforcement that no injustice or manipulation will be tolerated during the investigation. During a visit to the victim’s home in Sherpur village of Kulaura’s Brahmanbazar Union on Friday, Dr. Rahman expressed deep condolences to the grieving family. Speaking to ...

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed 19 people into Bangladesh through Kakmarachhara border area under Sindurkhan union of Sreemangal upazila, Moulvibazar district. The incident occurred early Thursday morning, June 26. Around 4:00 AM, police rescued the group from an abandoned, under-construction house at Jamburachhara village and took them into custody. According to police, the 19 individuals are residents ...

A motorcycle rider was killed as a truck hit his bike in Haripur area under Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Md. Anwar Hossain, 45, an employee of ACI Company and hailed from Barishal district. The accident occurred on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway around 4.00 pm when a truck hit a motorcycle from opposite ...

A joint force of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Army seized smuggled goods worth about Taka 3.5 crore from Haripur upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday. Sylhet BGB Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Md Nazmul Haque confirmed this saying: “A large quantity of Indian cosmetics was seized in a joint drive from Haripur area of Jaintapur upazila this morning.” These ...

Indian Border Security Force reportedly pushed 19 more people into Bangladesh through Sylhet border on early Tuesday. Those pushed included six men, six women and seven children. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Nazmul Haque, commandant of Border Guard Bangladesh-48 Battalion in Sylhet, said the BSF pushed the people through Jaintapur upazila border at about 5:00am. On information, the BGB personnel went to ...