Sylhet

The foreigners (diplomats) think themselves king of this country as local media gives them undue importance, said foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday. “The foreigners’ comments on our country’s internal affairs are unwarranted. People often get killed abroad, but we don’t make any fuss on those incidents. Our media gives them undue importance which they enjoy. This gives them ...

Jamaat-e-Islami has not been given permission to hold a public rally in Sylhet city on Friday. The rally has not been allowed due to the fear of violence, Sylhet Metropolitan Police Commissioner Elias Sharif told journalists on Thursday. He said police received Jamaat’s application and scrutinised it and decided not to permit them to hold the rally. On July 16, ...

A 22-year-old man was shot to death allegedly by the members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Telanji in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet on Thursday. The deceased was Rubel Hossain, son of Ismail Mia of the upazila. Locals said the BSF members opened fire on some Bangladesh nationals as they went to the bordering area near Pillar No. ...

At least seven persons were reportedly killed in a head-on clash between a microbus and an auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Companyganj-Bholaganj highway in Sundragaon area of Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Thursday morning. “At least seven persons, five on the spot, were killed in the head-on clash between a microbus and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Sylhet-Bholaganj road of Goainghat upazila around ...

Police in a drive arrested a man along with eight kilograms of hemp from Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The arrested is Mohibur Rahamn, 35, a resident of Hamidpur village under the upazila. Madhyanagar Police Station officer-in-charge Md Zahidul Islam said acting on a tip-off, a team of police with SI Md Mashiur Rahman, Md Abdul Azim, ...

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a pond at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday morning. According to police, local people spotted the woman, aged around 35, floating on the water of a pond in Baghajura area and informed police. Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Moulvibazar District Sadar Hospital morgue for ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Two minor children drowned in a waterbody at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Monday morning. The incident happened at around 10.30am in Dalgaon village under the upazila. The deceased were identified as Arif, 5, son of Zahirul, and Karima, 7, daughter of Najir Mia, both were residents of the village. Quoting the deceased’s family members, Mantala ...

To the people of the country, Sylhet is known as an expatriate population. There are a large number of expatriates in each upazila of this district. From the Middle East to Europe-America, there are remittance fighters in the region. However, despite having a large number of expatriates, Sylhet district ranks third in terms of expatriate income or remittance income. First ...

A man was killed after being hit by a motorcycle on the Shamshernagar-Kamalganj road at Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. The accident took place at around 9am at Barocheg village under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Salamot Miah, 40, son of late Ramjan Miah, a resident of the village. He was a shopkeeper of a ...

A seven member fact-finding mission held a meeting with the Sylhet City Corporation before sending the main Election Observation Mission of the European Union following the invitation of the Election Commission of Bangladesh on the occasion of the upcoming National Assembly elections. The meeting was held at Nagar Bhaban with SCC Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Badrul Haque at 10 am ...