Sylhet

SUST Correspondent : A student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Jashore district early Thursday. The dead was Minhajul Abedin, son of Faruk Uddin, a resident of Salamatpur village under Monirampur upazila of the district. He was a student in the 2016-17 session of the Mathematics Department at the university. Mathematics Department ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Three drug peddlers have been arrested by police along with foreign liquor at Madhyanagar Upazila in Sunamganj district. The arrested were Waz Kuruni, 27, Mufazzol, 20, and Shakil, 20. Madhyanagar Police station officer-in-charge Jahidul Islam said acting on a tip-off, they conducted a drive at Dupaghat village of the upazila on Tuesday at about 10:45 pm and ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Ashraful Hossain alias Hero Alam has been fined as his car exceeded the speed. Shayestaganj Habiganj highway police on Tuesday fined him Tk 2500 as he was heading to Habiganj to collect his gift car. Shayesthaganj highway police station officer-in-charge Saleh Ahmed confirmed this and said Hero Alam has been fined at Shayesthaganj area of Dhaka-Sylhet highway ...

A Sylhet court sentenced one person to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing a bank official of the district in 2014. Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Md. Shahadat Hossain Pramanik handed down the verdict this morning. The accused who have been sentenced to death is Ripon Pal, those who received life imprisonment are – Bimal Pal, ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : An unidentified young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday morning. Deceased’s identity was not found immediatley. According to locals, a Sylhet bound inter-city ‘Upaban Express’ train ran over the man, leaving him dead on the spot. Kulaura Railway Police Station officer-in-charge Jahanara Begum said locals saw ...

Two suspected drug peddlers have been arrested along with 19 bottles of foreign liquor from Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district. Madhyanagar Police Station officer-in-charge Md. Jahidul Islam said acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a raid at about 3.15 am in Rajendrapur village on Saturday and arrested Md. Shopon Miah, 32, and Md. Lakhab Miah, 22. They ...

A teenage boy died from electrocution at Kulaura upazila in Kishoreganj district on Friday evening. The dead was Saiful Mia, 14, son of Kuti Mia, a resident of Jabda area under Bhukshimail union. It was known that the boy came in contact with live a electric wire in his house in the evening, leaving him dead on the spot. Kulaura ...

Flight operations at Sylhet Osmani International Airport have resumed three hours into closure of the runway after the wheel of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight got punctured just before taking off. Bangladesh Biman’s flight (BG-208) took off the runway at the airport at about 4:10pm on Friday (February 3). Earlier, the tyre of the wheel of Dhaka-bound Boeign 737 aircraft ...

The runway of Sylhet Osmani International Airport has been closed after the tyre of a wheel of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got punctured just before it started to take off. The incident happened at 1:15pm on Friday in a Dhaka-bound aircraft of Bangladesh Biman from Sylhet, the authorities said. There were 143 passengers on board the aircraft. Fortunately, ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested 11 gamblers in separate drives in Sadar and Chunarughat upazilas of the district last night (Thursday). The arrested were identified as Fazlu Mia, 55, son of Abdul Mannan, resident of Swarnarekh village of Chunarughat upazila, Parash Ali, 35, son of Akbar Ali, resident of Narpati village, Jamal Mia,40, son of Abul ...