Sylhet

At least 150 people, including several cops, were injured as the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and police locked into a clash in Shaestanagar area of Habiganj town on Saturday afternoon. Ajay Dev, officer-in-charge (OC) of Habiganj police station and general secretary of Habiganj municipal unit BNP Awal were among the injured. As part of the pre-announced programme, ...

The Local Government Division and the USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) organized a workshop titled Workshop on Developing and Implementing Primary Health Care Plans: Lessons Learned and Best Practices. The event took place at the Grand Sylhet Hotel and Resort on Saturday in Sylhet, reads a press release. The workshop seeks to foster collaboration, knowledge exchange, and resource ...

Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly forced two inmates out of a dormitory of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology early Thursday. The victims alleged that the attackers have beaten them and snatched their money. One of the victims, Saiquat Roy, a third-year student of petroleum and mining engineering department, submitted a written complaint to the Syed ...

An unidentified woman reportedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday. Locals said the woman, aged around 35, jumped before a Sylhet-bound intercity Parabat express train from Dhaka in Baragachh area near Bhanugachh-Shamshernagar railway station of upazila at around 11:50 am. She died on the spot. Later, on information, police recovered ...

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit again started their operation at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday morning in search of more militant hideouts in the hilly areas. Based on some information given by the arrested suspected militants, the team started the raid at Tattiuli village under Karmadha union of the upazila and its surrounding hilly areas. Counter ...

Local people of Kormodha union at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar have caught 17 more suspected militants. Kormodha union chairman AK Azad confirmed the matter on Monday morning. Locals caught the 17 from Asgorabad CNG station around 10:30am. And, later, informed the police. They are currently staying at Kormodha Union Parishad, AK Azad said. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit ...

Foreign Minister and Sylhet-1 Constituency MP AK Abdul Momen said that the next election will be held according to the country’s governance system. This country does not run on the advice of any foreign power. We have constituted a strong Election Commission. We have done everything necessary for fair elections. He said these things in response to the questions of ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered a huge amount of Indian sarees and cosmetics worth Tk 4.10 crore along the border in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district on Friday night. However, no one was detained in this connection. BGB-19 officials confirmed the matter in a press release on Saturday. Based on secret information that a consignment ...

‘Operation Hillside’ at a suspected militant hideout in East Taktiuli of Moulvibazar in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila ended after four hours on Saturday. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police conducted the operation at a house from 6:30am-1:30am. Ten persons, including six women, were arrested from the house. Three children are also with them. “It is a ...

Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) are conducting a raid at a house in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila. Five women and three men were detained from that house. Confirming the matter on Saturday morning, Kulaura Police Station OC Abdus Saleh said, “The swat team of the CTTC has cordoned off the house in Tatti Uli village under Kormodha union ...