Sylhet

The program announced by the Prime Minister is ‘Food Friendly Programme’. That is to sell rice at a rate of 10 taka per kg. Although it is in line with the market, it is now sold for 15 taka. Sunamganj is known as a food store. There has been a discussion about this food-friendly rice in Mallikpur from the district ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : A young man allegedly committed suicide at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Thursday evening. Deceased Md Mosobbir Hossain, 22, was son of Shafiq Miah, a resident of Noagaon village under Madhobpur union of the upazila. According to locals, Mosobbir was mentally imbalanced, for this reason his younger brother Motassir took him to a kabiraj. He drink ...

The police have been able to create an investment-friendly environment in the country by maintaining law and order and implementing a zero-tolerance policy against militancy and terrorism, according to Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. “As a result, foreign investors are drawn to this country. The country’s economy is growing,” he said. The IGP said these while inaugurating the ...

A fire broke out at the office of police super in Sylhet on Thursday (February 23). The fire originated around 8:00pm. On information, two fire units rushed to the spot and trying to douse the blaze under control. Khandakar Sanaul Haque, Deputy Director at Sylhet fire service and civil defense confirmed the matter.

Jatiya Janata Party chairman and former lawmaker Nurul Islam Khan has died. He died at about 12:50pm on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Sylhet. Aklis Ahmed Chowdhury, Sylhet Divisional Co-coordinator of the party, confirmed the news of death. He said Nurul Islam Khan would be buried at his family graveyard at Sreedharpur village in Biswanath municipality ...

Two international flights landed at Osmani International Airport, Sylhet, after being unable to land at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport due to dense fog. Due to heavy fog, two US Bangla flights from Kuala Lumpur and Sharjah were diverted to Sylhet and landed at Osmani International Airport between 7:30am and 8:30am on Tuesday, confirmed Hafiz Ahmed. Assistant Manager of US ...

Police recovered the body of a man stuffed in a sack from the Surma River at Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet district on Monday morning. Deceased identities, age around 40, could not found immediately. Quoting locals, Dakshin Surma Police Station officer-in-charge Md Kamrul Hasan Talukder said locals saw the body on a bank of the river at Baraiandi area and ...

Private carrier Air Astra will operate two daily flights between Dhaka and Sylhet from February 23. The one-way fare will start from Tk3,495, including all taxes, Air Astra said. This destination in northeast Bangladesh, after Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar, is being launched within the first three months since the airline began commercial flight operations on November 24, 2022, reports UNB. ...

A 4.3-magnitude quake took place 11 kilometres northeast of Chhatak in Sylhet at 9:56am today. The earthquake hit at a depth of 64.8km, according to the United States Geological Survey. Farzana Sultana, assistant meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department, said, “The earthquake happened at 9:56am and registered at 4.3 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was India’s Meghalaya region. “It’s impact ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Four people were killed and at least 20 injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Thursday. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately. Habiganj Bus Owners Association general secretary Shangka Suvro said, “A bus was carrying passengers from Sylhet city to Habiganj district on Thursday. The ...