Sylhet

Komalganj Correspondent : Police recovered the body of an elderly man, who went missing October 12, from a eucalyptus tree orchard at Komalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Hannan Mia, a resident of Kamadpur village under Ali Nagar union of the upazila. Shamim Mia, the deceased’s son said,” My father went out of ...

A Sylhet court has sentenced three accused to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of two employees of Bonoful, a sweet manufacturing company, in 2016. Sylhet Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Noor Alam Bhuiyan announced the verdict on Sunday (October 15). The individuals sentenced to death are Shipon Ahmed, a resident of Subidbazar area; Dulal Mia, a ...

Fenchuganj upazila Correspondent : A local Awami League leader was crushed under the wheels of a train in Sylhet’s Fenchuganj upazila on Sunday afternoon. The dead was Abdus Shahid, 48, a resident of Dakshin Khalachha Chanshreekona area under Zakiganj upazila of the district. He was the office secretary of Zakiganj Upazila Awami League. According to police, a Sylhet-bound intercity train ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : The final preparations for Durga Puja are in full swing in the 1,036 puja mandaps spread across the district, including the district headquarters of Moulvibazar. Durga Puja, the grandest religious festival for Sanatan devotees, is rapidly approaching. This year, the arrival and departure of Goddess Durga will be a significant highlight of the festivities. With the sound of ...

A college student was rescued in unconscious state on Friday morning, three days after he was kidnapped in Sylhet for ransom. The rescued youth Yamin Arafat alias Hamim, 19, is the son of Jamal Uddin of Shrirampur Sheikhpara area under Moglabazar police station of Sylhet metropolitan police. Yamin has appeared in the higher secondary certificate examinations in this year from ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Two people were killed as an ambulance collided head-on with a motorcycle in Moulvibazar sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The accident took place in front of Regional Agricultural Research Institute in Kadupur area of Sreemangal Road at around around 2:00 PM. The deceased were Tajul Islam, 50, a tea worker of Kurma tea garden under Islampur union ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Two persons, including a schoolgirl, were killed and four others injured when a passenger bus ran over a CSG-operated auto-rickshaw at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Thursday morning. The accident took place in Patharia Bazar under Patharia union of the upazila around 8 am. The deceased were Tausia, 13, daughter of Sabuj Mia, hailed from Sharifpur ...

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be celebrated at 1,036 in Moulvibazar district. Of these, 884 are universal and 152 private places of worship. Moulvibazar Police Superintendent Manjur Rahman gave this information in an exchange meeting with journalists at the Police Superintendent’s office on Wednesday (October 11) afternoon. The police super said cyber monitoring ...

The country has the potential to produce a record amount of tea this year. Sufficient rainfall in the monsoon, tolerable temperature and the supervision of Bangladesh Tea Board have increased the production of tea to 59 lakh kg than last year. Not only that, it is expected to set a record production in the 169-year history of tea cultivation in ...

Houses of six families were burnt down in a fire in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The incident took place at Baligaon village under Kamalganj municipal area at around 12 pm. It was known that the fire started from an electrical short circuit in a room of a house in the afternoon. Then the fire spread to adjacent ...