Sylhet

A 22-year-old man was shot to death allegedly by the members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Telanji in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet on Thursday. The deceased was Rubel Hossain, son of Ismail Mia of the upazila. Locals said the BSF members opened fire on some Bangladesh nationals as they went to the bordering area near Pillar No. ...

At least seven persons were reportedly killed in a head-on clash between a microbus and an auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Companyganj-Bholaganj highway in Sundragaon area of Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Thursday morning. “At least seven persons, five on the spot, were killed in the head-on clash between a microbus and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Sylhet-Bholaganj road of Goainghat upazila around ...

Police in a drive arrested a man along with eight kilograms of hemp from Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The arrested is Mohibur Rahamn, 35, a resident of Hamidpur village under the upazila. Madhyanagar Police Station officer-in-charge Md Zahidul Islam said acting on a tip-off, a team of police with SI Md Mashiur Rahman, Md Abdul Azim, ...

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a pond at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday morning. According to police, local people spotted the woman, aged around 35, floating on the water of a pond in Baghajura area and informed police. Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Moulvibazar District Sadar Hospital morgue for ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Two minor children drowned in a waterbody at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Monday morning. The incident happened at around 10.30am in Dalgaon village under the upazila. The deceased were identified as Arif, 5, son of Zahirul, and Karima, 7, daughter of Najir Mia, both were residents of the village. Quoting the deceased’s family members, Mantala ...

To the people of the country, Sylhet is known as an expatriate population. There are a large number of expatriates in each upazila of this district. From the Middle East to Europe-America, there are remittance fighters in the region. However, despite having a large number of expatriates, Sylhet district ranks third in terms of expatriate income or remittance income. First ...

A man was killed after being hit by a motorcycle on the Shamshernagar-Kamalganj road at Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. The accident took place at around 9am at Barocheg village under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Salamot Miah, 40, son of late Ramjan Miah, a resident of the village. He was a shopkeeper of a ...

A seven member fact-finding mission held a meeting with the Sylhet City Corporation before sending the main Election Observation Mission of the European Union following the invitation of the Election Commission of Bangladesh on the occasion of the upcoming National Assembly elections. The meeting was held at Nagar Bhaban with SCC Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Badrul Haque at 10 am ...

Rajnagar (Moulvibazar) Correspondent : An apprentice lawyer named Mizanur Rahman (35) has gone missing in Moulvibazar while visiting a friend on a London care visa. On Monday around 10 am, he left home saying he was going to Moulvibazar. According to family sources, the mobile phone used by him has been switched off since he left the house. There is ...

The Sylhet District Bus-Minibus Workers’ Union withdrew their indefinite strike within six hours of the announcement on assurances from the authorities. After a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet on Tuesday night, the organization withdrew from the decision. District Bus-Minibus Workers Union President Mainul Islam confirmed the matter. Earlier, the strike was called across Sylhet from 6 am on ...