Sylhet

A London-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG-201) was delayed after its engine was hit accidentally by a boarding bridge at Sylhet Osmani International Airport today (29 October) morning. The incident occurred around 10:30am, said Osmani International Airport Director Hafiz Ahmad adding that authorities have called for a safety inspection. As a result, flight BG-201 was canceled, and another aircraft from ...

There are 15 vacant posts, including the ferry department, in the Topkhana office of the Additional Chief Engineer of the Sylhet Road and Highways Department. The head clerk has been working in the same position in the ferry department office for 25 years. Surprisingly, the head clerk has completed his service life but is now working in that position under ...

Thousands of residents in Sunamganj’s Dharampasha upazila staged a two-hour road blockade on Monday, demanding immediate and quality reconstruction of a 10-kilometre road which connects two upazilas. The peaceful protest, organized by Nagarik Odhikar Andolon, took place near Dharampasha Upazila Health Complex from 11 AM to 1 PM. During the portest, the area reverberated with the slogan: “Amader dabi ektai—Dharampashaye ...

One person was killed and at least 30 others were injured when a bus overturned at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj early Monday. The accident occurred around 6:30am on Monday on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bezura area of Madhabpur. The dead was identified as Badol Mia, 40, from Birpasha village under Bijoynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria district. According to witnesses and injured ...

Police have arrested a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader from Fenchuganj upazila in Sylhet in connection with two cheque dishonor cases. The arrestee, Shah Mohammad Habibur Rahman (Lipon), a former secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Fenchuganj upazila unit, was detained from his business establishment in the Moglabazar area of Dakshin Surma on Saturday. Fenchuganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Moniruzzaman Khan confirmed the arrest, saying, ...

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by Indian Khasias near Dona border in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila on Sunday. Shakil Ahmed, 25, son of Shamsul Haque from Madarpur village under Dona union, was reportedly cutting grass near pillar number 1334 when the attackers suddenly opened fire, leaving him critically injured. Local residents rescued him, but he died en route to Kanaighat ...

The election for the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), has been suspended just five days ahead of the scheduled date. The deferral was announced today (26 October) in a letter signed by Chowdhury Samia Yasmin, deputy secretary of the Commerce Organisation-1 branch of the Ministry of Commerce. The letter instructs the SCCI to re-verify its membership list and ...

Police arrested fourteen individuals, including a fugitive, during a special operation at Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar district. Among the arrested were Rojob Ali, and Shipaur Rahman Shipon, a fugitive sentenced to one year in jail. Kulaura Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Omar Faruk confirmed the matter in a press conference on Friday evening. According to the OC, among those arrested, ...

A mother and her young daughter were killed and 10 others injured when a tourist bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Sylhet–Sunamganj highway at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district early Friday. The accident occurred around 5:30 AM near Inatnagar village in Pagla Bazar area of the upazila. The victims were on their way to visit the scenic Tanguar ...

The interim government has been advancing reform initiatives without engaging key stakeholders, said eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday. Speaking at a pre-election programme titled “Citizen Manifesto” organised by Citizens’ Platform in Sylhet, Dr Debapriya, a distinguished fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), criticised the government for excluding public participation in its reform efforts. “The interim government is ...