Sylhet

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said that the recommendations some foreigners at times give seem to be “idiotic and illusory”. “Foreigners’ knowledge on Bangladesh is very limited,” he said, adding that people of the country are well aware of this. The foreign minister was talking to reporters after a meeting at the community clinic of Civil Surgeon‘s office in ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : A child was electrocuted at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday morning. Deceased was Taiba, 4, daughter of Khasru Mia, a resident of Chhilarkandi village under Bhukshimail union. Police said the child came in contact with an electric wire in front of her house around 9 am, leaving her dead on the spot. Meanwhile, Atiqur Rahman, 22, ...

Two airplanes, carrying passengers from Qatar and Saudi Arabia headed for Dhaka airport, made emergency landings at Sylhet Osmani International Airport due to dense fog on Tuesday. The airplanes of US-Bangla Airlines and Biman from Doha of Qatar and Dammam of Saudi Arabia respectively made the emergency landing. Belayet Hossain, an officer of US-Bangla at the Osmani airport, said the ...

The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at Sreemangal of Moulvibazar on Tuesday (Today). Local weather office recorded 8.5 degree Celsius at 9 o’clock this morning while it was the lowest temperature in Sreemangal this season. On Monday, 9.5 degree Celsius temperature was recorded, which was second lowest temperature in the country. According to the website of Bangladesh Meteorological Department, ...

One of the wrists of a 35-year-old man was severed allegedly by his cousins in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila on Monday over land dispute. The victim was identified as Helal Ahmed, a residet of East Kathalbari village of the upazila. According to the locals, there was a long dispute over a piece of land between the sons of Jashim Uddin and ...

In 2021, Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved a mega project worth Tk 996.30 crore in 2021 to permanently free three upazilas of Moulvibazar from flood. Fifty-three contractors were selected for the project, which was scheduled to be completed by 2023. There were 76 work packages based on which the authorities planned to approach the project. But ...

A Bangladesh national was shot to death by Indian ethnic group Khasia people along Sylhet border on Saturday evening. The border killing was reported within one week of killing another Bangladeshi by Indian nationals in the bordering area. The Saturday’s border killing victim is Jain Uddin, 18, son of Noor Miah of Banpur Adarshyagaon under Companiganj upazila in Sylhet district, ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : A massive fire broke out at Nixon Shopping Market under Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. Locals said the fired started on Saturday morning around 4.00 am and at least 43 shops and a parked truck were burnt in that massive fire. Locals informed Fire Service immediately after the fire broke out in the market. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in several drives seized 157 bottles of Indian wine from border areas in Sylhet on Monday. A press release from BGB revealed the matter. The press release said acting on tip-off BGB members conducted separate drives at Companiganj and Gowainghat upazilas of the district and Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district and seized a total of ...

Oversized and illegal billboards erected across the Sylhet city by government and private organisations have become a cause for concern for the city dwellers, posing as potential death-traps during storms. The haphazard billboards along with their steel support structures often fell on pedestrians or vehicles during strong wind or storm, causing untold damage, injuries and even death. Deaths from billboard ...