Sylhet

Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday resumed its direct Dhaka-Sylhet-Manchester service after a four-month suspension, restoring a key air link for thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates, particularly the Sylheti community living in northern England. The inaugural resumed flight, BG-208, landed at Osmani International Airport from Manchester at 12:04PM. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam Rita and Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign ...

Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, MP, today said the government will introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to monitor the country’s market situation and help maintain price stability. Speaking as the chief guest at a distribution programme of government assistance, award and materials at the Sylhet Sadar Upazila Auditorium this afternoon, the minister said the initiative would ...

Two construction workers, including a woman, died after being electrocuted while working near an excavator in Daripoton of Golapganj upazila in Sylhet district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Jharna Begum, 40, of Netrakona district, and Abdur Rahman, 45, of Sunamganj district. Ariful Islam, officer-in-charge of Golapganj Police Station, said that the excavator, which was being used for earth ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled an attempt by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) to push 10 people into Bangladesh through Kochurgul bordering area in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar district. The incident took place early Thursday at Kochurgul bordering area, BGB officials aid. BGB sources said that BSF attempted to push the group across the border into Bangladesh early in the ...

Companiganj Correspondent : The police have recovered the body of missing tourist Subrata Saha Bikash (33) from Dhalai river in Saada Pathar. On Friday (July 3), a local boatman saw the body floating near the Bholaganj ropeway bunker and informed the police. Later, the police came and recovered the body. Earlier, on Thursday, at around 2:30 pm, he went to ...

A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced two youths to death for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2012. Judge Begum Rubaiya Yeasmin of the Sylhet Children Violence Suppression Tribunal handed down the verdict. The convicts are Md Joynal, 25, son of Md Ashik Ali of Shahbazpur area under Bishwanath upazila, and Nazim Uddin, 25, son of Md. Moinuddin of Kandirgaon area ...

A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his cousin following an argument over watching a FIFA World Cup football match in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Alam Ahmed, 28, son of Wasir Ali of Lamar village in the upazila. Muhammad Abdur Razzak, Officer-in-Charge of Zakiganj Police Station, said an altercation was ...

The four schoolgirls from Thakurgaon who had been missing since yesterday were found at a bus terminal in Sylhet by the police today. A team from Thakurgaon police had already left for Sylhet to bring the girls back, Thakurgaon Assistant Superintendent of Police Snehasish Kumar Das said. The girls were found in the waiting room of Kadamtali Bus Terminal in ...

DHAKA, Mar 30, 2026 : Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today announced that a nationwide programme titled ‘Notun Kuri Sports’ aimed at finding out children’s sporting talent will kick off in Sylhet on April 30. “‘Notun Kuri Sports’ will be launched nationwide in a new format from Sylhet on April 30 to identify sports talent among children and adolescents,” he said, ...

Kanaighat Correspondent : A teenager workshop worker was allegedly killed by an employee of the same workshop over a trifling matter. The deceased is Abdul Ahad, 15, son of rickshaw puller Saleh Ahmed of Doloirmati village under Kanaighat municipality of Sylhet. Locals said that Sayeem Ahmed of Raygor village in the municipality attacked Ahad, an employee at Tajul Islam’s workshop, ...