Sylhet

The hanging body of an Oman expatriate has been recovered from Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Thursday. Deceased Najar Uddin, 55, was a resident of Parbatipur village in the upazila. Helena Begum wife of the deceased said her husband went out from the house at about 4.00am on Thursday. She started searching her husband later as he did not ...

Another 50 homeless families were provided houses at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the handover of 50 houses to landless and homeless families in the 4th phase of the upazila through a video conference from Ganobhaban at 10 am. At that time, UNO Anwar Uz Zaman, upazila vice chairman Lecturer Noor Hossain, ...

The body of fisherman was recovered on Tuesday two days after he went missing after being struck in a lightning strike at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district. The deceased was Motalib Hossain, 24, son of Nasir Mia, a resident of Paikapan village under Dargapasha union of the upazila. Local people spotted the body in the Mahasingh river near Lalpur-Mougao area ...

Police on Monday detained two people for allegedly burning the holy Quran in Sylhet. One of the detainees is Nurur Rahman, the chairman of Dhanupara Ideal College. The identity of the other detainee could not be known. In this regard, Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Commissioner Md Elias Sharif said a case is being filed against the two detainees for burning ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Sylhet City Corporation’s newly elected Mayor, Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, said he would develop short-term and long-term goals for making Sylhet a greener, smarter and more developed city. He was speaking at the Bangladesh High Commission London at an interactive dialogue titled ‘A Smarter and Greener Sylhet: Agenda 2028’ on 29 July 2023 when he further requested suggestions ...

The throat-slit body of a woman was recovered from Baluchar village in Companyganj upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Salekha Begum, 52, wife of Abdur Rauf. They have four daughters and two sons. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Companyganj Police Station Hillol Roy said neighbours found the door of her house open in the morning and her ...

A Judicial Magistrate Court in Sunamganj on Wednesday granted bail to 32 students, including 24 current Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students, out of 34, who have been arrested from Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj district. As the rest two are juuveniles, their bail petition are pending at juuvenile court. Judge Farhan Sadik of Judicial Magistrate Court-4 granted the ...

Police arrested eight persons with three stolen cars at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The arrested were Shah Alam, Muhibur Rahman Situ, Tofail Miah, Abdul Alim, Mohiuddin, Jasim Miah, Abul Hossain and Koish Miah, residents of Gujarai village under Sadar upazila. Moulvibazar Police super Manjur Rahman confirmed the news in a press briefing at the police super office ...

Police will plea to court for placing 34 people including 24 current and 7 former students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) who have been arrested from Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj district. Additional police commissioner (Media) Rajon Kumar Das of Sunamganj said 34 students were arrested conducting raid on the basis of intelligence information. Prayer would be submitted ...

Thirty-four current and former students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have arrested on suspicion of having links with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Chhatra Shibir during a trip to Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj. Police arrested the students at about 4.00pm from a boat on Patlai river when they were going to Tekerghat tourist spot on Sunday. According to ...