Tea workers in Sylhet organized a torchlight procession on Monday evening to demand the payment of their three months’ overdue wages and address other pressing issues. The demonstration, led jointly by Bangladesh Tea Worker Federation and Tea Garden Education Right Implementation Council, began at Lakkatura Rest Camp Bazar and paraded through major thoroughfares, including Airport Road, before concluding at the ...
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Teenager’s throat-slit body found in Habiganj
Police early Monday recovered the throat-slit body of a teenage boy in Habiganj’s Nabiganj upazila. The victim Mostakin Mia, 17, son of the late Zafar Mia, was a resident of Adityapur village under Kaliarbhanga union of the upazila. He was a construction worker. Nabiganj Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Dulal Mia said that locals found Mostakin Mia’s throat-slit body lying on ...
Read More »Barrister Sumon sent to jail after remand
Former lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon was sent to jail following the end of a two-day remand in the case filed over the attack on protesters during the recent mass movement in Chunarughat, Habiganj on July 16. A Habiganj court on Thursday (November 21) placed Barrister Sumon on a two-day remand after Chunarughat Police Station Sub-inspector Liton Roy pleaded ...
Read More »Woman killed in Sunamganj road accident
A woman was killed in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway in Nilpur area under Sadar upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rajia Khatun, 50, a resident of Inamnagar village in Shantiganj upazila in the district. It was learnt that the accident occurred at around 12:00 noon in ...
Read More »Smuggled goods worth over Tk 1.65cr seized at Sylhet-Sunamganj border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized Indian smuggled goods, including contraband items, worth about over Taka 1.65 crore from different areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj border districts today. “Based on secret information, the BGB personnel in its anti-smuggling drives in different areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj border seized a huge quantity of Indian smuggled goods but none was ...
Read More »Missing woman from Dhaka rescued in Sylhet
Sylhet Metropolitan Police have rescued a mentally unstable woman who had gone missing from Dhaka’s Kafrul area. The Kotwali Police rescued her from Bandar Bazar in the city on Thursday, said officer-in-charge of the police station, Md Ziaul Haque. The woman, identified as Sabera Sultana, 55, is the wife of the late Syed Amir Shah Rahmani, and lives at Purba ...
Read More »Armed Forces Day celebrated in Sylhet
As part of the annual tradition, Armed Forces Day was observed on Thursday in Sylhet Cantonment with a grand reception ceremony. Major General ASM Ridwanur Rahman, GOC of the 17th Infantry Division and the chief guest of the event, welcomed the freedom fighters and other distinguished guests. In his welcome speech, the chief guest praised the immense courage, cooperation, and ...
Read More »Dozens sued including 10 journos in Sreemangal
A case has been filed at Sreemangal Police Station in Moulvibazar against 57 individuals, including 10 journalists and 50-60 unnamed persons, on charges of exploding cocktails in June 2020. The complaint was lodged Monday night by BNP Publicity Secretary of Moulvibazar and ex-general secretary of Sreemangal Upazila Press Club M Idris Ali. Confirming the case, Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam of Sreemangal ...
Read More »Renovation of important 13-km artery in Sylhet faces accusations of ‘cutting the belly of the road’
The government is spending about Tk 40 crore taka through 3 projects to renovate a 13-kilometre road from Gowainghat Upazila Sadar to Salutikar Bazar in Sylhet. The Salutikar-Gowainghat Road is a very important road in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet. It is the only road for the residents of Nandirgaon, Toakul, Rustumpur, Bichnakandi, West Jaflong, Gowainghat Sadar, Lengura and Madhya Jaflong ...
Read More »2 Chhatra League leaders arrested following pro-Hasina rally in Sylhet
RAB-9 detained two leaders of the banned Chhatra League for reportedly organising a rally in favour of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Sylhet city last night (18 November). The detainees, identified as Rakibul Hasan Nirob, vice president of the Airport Thana Chhatra League, and its organisational secretary Debnath, were arrested from the Kotwali Thana area. In a press release ...
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