Sylhet

The premises of Kadamhata High School in Moulvibazar’s Rajnagar upazila was transformed into a vibrant scene of celebration yesterday afternoon as current students, alumni and guardians gathered to honour a teacher whose decades of service left a lasting imprint on the community. Ranu Gopal Roy had joined the institution as an assistant teacher on January 22, 1995, and retired as ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said on Wednesday that the government will soon begin the teacher recruitment process. “Teacher recruitment and postings had been stalled due to different complexities during the previous government’s tenure. The recruitment process will begin very soon,” he said. The minister made the remarks at a views-exchange meeting with centre secretaries of the SSC and ...

Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury will inaugurate farmer card distribution in Juri Upazila of Moulvibazar tomorrow. Earlier, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the farmer card distribution programme at Shaheed Maruf Stadium in Tangail Sadar tomorrow at 10 am, a handout said. The farmer card distribution is a big step towards implementing ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to resume flights on the Dhaka-Sylhet-Manchester route on 1 July following the completion of Hajj operations, aiming to ease travel for expatriates and meet growing passenger demand. The decision was made in line with directives from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and the government’s ongoing efforts to strengthen international connectivity, according to a ...

Preparations for Bengali New Year celebrations in Sreemangal are in their final stage, with a vibrant welcome ceremony and a colorful procession set to usher in the new year. The event is being organized by Sreemangal upazila unit of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha to celebrate Bengali New Year 1433. On Sunday afternoon, rehearsals were underway at District Council Auditorium, where ...

A team from the Embassy of Nepal in Bangladesh visited several medical colleges in Sylhet and interacted with Nepali students studying there on Saturday. The medical colleges include: North East Medical College, Jalalabad Ragib Rabeya Medical College and Sylhet Women’s Medical College. During the visit, the Embassy officials had separate interactions with Nepali students studying at these colleges, according to ...

An earthquake was felt in the Bangladesh-India border area near Sylhet. The tremor was experienced by locals on Sunday at 9:21am. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake originated in Silchar, Assam, India, with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale. Its impact was also felt in Sylhet and nearby border areas of Bangladesh. Earlier, on 7 ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir on Saturday said the market in Bangladesh will no longer be controlled by syndicates, vowing to eliminate the very notion of syndicate-driven pricing. “Such a concept — that markets are controlled through syndicates — will be erased from Bangladesh,” he said. The minister made the remarks on Saturday while inaugurating the country’s first direct farmers’ ...

In a quiet village of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar district, surrounded by greenery and a strong agricultural landscape, a young entrepreneur is quietly building a new success story. What began as curiosity has now turned into a promising agricultural venture, as Khorshed Alam becomes the first farmer in the area to successfully cultivate yellow watermelons, attracting widespread local interest. Khorshed ...

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead allegedly by members of the Indian Khasi community in a border area of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet. The incident took place last night, approximately one kilometre inside Indian territory, in a betel nut grove. The deceased, Saleh Ahmed Joydhar, 30, was a resident of Karbalartuk village near Dayarbazar area, said a press release issued ...