Sylhet

Bangladesh saw a slight improvement in lowest temperature in 24 hours, till 6 am on Sunday, though a mild cold wave is sweeping over several parts of the country. The country’s lowest temperature was recorded at 8 degree Celsius at Tetulia and Srimangal in 24 hours, till 6 am today. The highest temperature was recorded at 29.6 degree Celsius in ...

Foreign Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) from Sylhet-1 Constituency Dr AK Abdul Momen today inaugurated the dredging of the Surma River in Sylhet involving Taka 50 crore. The work was formally inaugurated this morning by the minister at Chanpur area of Moghal Gaon union of Sadar upazila. Many people of the district, officials, public representatives and political leaders were ...

One of the injured in Friday afternoon’s fatal road accident in Sylhet died at Osmani Medical College Hospital, raising the death toll to three from the accident. Md Rezaul succumbed to his injuries around 8 am while undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, said Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Moglabazar police station under the Dakshin Surma upazila. Earlier this ...

Two people were killed and four other people injured as a speeding truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Dakshin Surma upazila of the district on Friday afternoon, police said. The deceased—auto-rickshaw driver Babul Miah, 65, and passenger Anhar Miah, 45, are from Charlapur area of Balaganj upazila in the district. The injured passengers are Rezaul, Sona Miah, Rozina and ...

Sreemangal of Moulvibazar district recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 5.6°C, in 24 hours till Friday morning. The lowest temperature in Sreemangal was recorded at 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4 in 1968, Mujibur Rahman, an officer at the Srimangal weather monitoring station, said. Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 ...

A 19-year-old woman was found dead in a Dakshin Surma residential hotel room Wednesday. However, hotel manager Jahir Miah, the former husband of the 19-year-old, went into hiding after the incident, police said. The deceased was identified as Nilima Begum Lily from Sylhet’s Osmaninagar upazila. Md Kamrul Hasan Talukdar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dakshin Surma Police Station, said the two kept ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly selling new textbooks. Ayesha Akter, daughter of late Abdullah Mia of village Kadamtali under Shayestaganj upazila in Habiganj district, is the headmistress of Kadamtali Non-Government Registered Primary School. The 45-year old teacher was detained by Upazila Education Officer Mohammad Ali along with others from Nasratour on Tuesday (January ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman:     On Monday 16 January UK Bengalis paid their last respects to prominent journalist Ajoy Paul. On the day, from 1.30 to 2.30 pm, the body of the recently deceased journalist was kept at the altar of the central Shaheed Minar in Altab Ali Park, East London, for the tributes of all people. The event was ...

A young man was killed in a road accident in Nabab road area in Sylhet city on Monday morning. The dead was Hriday Ahmed, 25, son of Abdus Shahid, a resident of Bagbari Narsingtila area of the city. Witnesses said Hriday was returning house riding on a motorcycle in the morning. On the way, a micro bus from the opposite ...

A young man was killed as a train ran over him at Thilagaon union under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday afternoon. Deceased Abdul Wahid, 28, was son of late Dochu Miah and resident of Amanipur area in the union. According to locals, a Sylhet-bound train Parbat Express ran over the young man when he was sitting in the ...