Sylhet

Two children drowned in a water body in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Thursday evening. The deceased were Meghla, 8, daughter of Tahir Ali, a resident of Chunghar area under Kadipur union, and Mohona, 6, daughter of Billal Mia of the same area. According to police, family members spotted the two girls floating on the water in a water body next ...

A driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was reportedly stabbed to death over a trivial matter in Kanaighat of Sylhet on Wednesday night. The deceased was Alamgir Hossain, 32, of Tinchati village in the Jhingabari union of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Kanaighat Police Station Jahangir Hossain Sardar the incident occurred at the CNG stand at Palli Bidyut intersection in Gachbari Bazar ...

A motorcyclist was killed and another injured after being hit by a truck in Shibbari area under Fenchuganj upazila of district today. The deceased was identified as Dulal Chowdhury, 22, son of Alauddin of Karab village under Lakhai upazila of Habiganj district. The injured was identified as Abdul Awal Chowdhury, 46, constable of Moglabazar Police Station. The accident occurred when ...

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) Wednesday predicted that weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of rain or drizzle at one or two places over Sylhet division. “Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country during midnight till morning in ...

A man was killed in a clash with his brother-in-law over a trivial matter at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 10am at Nayanagar village under Patharia union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Alauddin, 50, a resident of the same village. Locals said, Kamal Mia, husband of the victim’s sister, ...

A man was killed and 15 people were injured in a clash between two groups over a land dispute at Derai upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday morning. The clash broke out between the groups of two villages at around 10am in Ujandhal village under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 50, a resident of the aforesaid ...

Two young men were killed when a power tiller overturned on Monday at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet district. The accident took place at around 9 am at Chirurpar village under Towakul union of the upazila. The deceased were the power tiller driver Raju Ahmad, 26, son of Abbas Ali, hailed from Kandigram, and helper Halim Uddin, 15, son of Halimuddin, ...

A school girl died as a wall collapsed on her in Moulvibazar’s Sultanpur on Sunday. The victim was Bithi Akhtar, 12, daughter of Badsha Mia, a resident of Purba Sultanpur area. She was a sixth grader at Moulvibazar Ali Amjad Government High School. It was known that for a long time Badshah Mia has been living in a rented house ...

The countrys major gas field, Bibiyana, faced a bitter experience on Saturday night, as angry locals surrounded the gas field and demanded the cessation of operations. Cracks have appeared in more than 200 houses in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj due to the excess tremor in the Bibiyana gas field. Locals said there had been a loud sound and excess tremors ...

Some 35 people died and 29 were injured in road accidents in Sylhet division during the first month of the year. The Nirapad Sarak Chai’s (NISCHA) Sylhet Division has published a report in this regard. According to the report, 15 people were killed and 11 injured in 13 road accidents in Sylhet district, seven were killed and five injured in ...