Sylhet

Juba League and Juba Dal, the youth wings of the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP, respectively, will hold rallies in Sylhet on July 9 (Sunday). The Juba Dal and Juba League programmes will take place at Court Point in the city, approximately half a kilometre away from Sylhet Government Aliya Madrasah ground on the day. Juba Dal has ...

Recently, a young man named Shipan Ahmad (25) of Sylhet’s Biswanath Upazila has gone missing on his way to Italy, a European country. He is the son of Husmat Ali of Palerchak village of Rampasha Union of Shipon Upazila, who has been missing for about one and a half months (missing since May 26). The family members of the missing ...

The overall flood situation has deteriorated in Sunamganj and Netrakona districts, leaving hundreds of people marooned. Heavy downpours and upstream water have swollen rivers which water aggravated the flooding in the two districts on Tuesday. The marooned people are passing a miserable life with inadequate relief, locals have alleged. “All the major rivers in the northeastern region of the country ...

Low-lying areas of Sunamganj district have been submerged as the water of the rivers continues to increase. A total of 28 families along with their domestic animals have already took shelter in the government college located in Sunamganj city. The traffic movement on Doarabazar-Tengratila-Mohabbatpur road has become risky as it went under knee-deep water in Sharifpur Sidingghat area due to ...

At least 10 villages in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj district have been inundated thanks to onrush of hill water from Meghalaya and swelling of rivers caused by torrential rains for the last five days. The villages are Camper Ghat, Andairgaon, Bogula, Chanderghat, Sonachara, Noagaon, Ramnagar, Terakuri and Kandagaon. The traffic movement on Doarabazar-Tengratila-Mohabbatpur road has become risky as it went ...

Newly elected mayors of two city corporations, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton of Rajshahi and Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury of Sylhet, took oath of office today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony held at the Shapla Hall of her office, reports BSS. Later, 76 newly elected councillors of general wards and female councillors of the reserved seats of two city ...

Three of family members drowned while a boat sank in a water-body in Gobindapur in Sunamganj on SundaThe deceased were daughters of Sohel Ahmed of Gobindapur village– Tonni, 12, Tanni, 8, and his son Robiul, 3. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Ikhtier Uddin Chowdhury said the three children were in Kharcha haor in the morning to catch fish. At one ...

Some low-lying areas in five upazilas of Sunamganj municipal were inundated with flood water as the water levels of Surma, Jadukata, Kushiyara and Rokti rivers have been increasing due to non-stop rainfall and downhill from upstream. Around 6 lakh residents of those areas are facing immense sufferings. At the same time, more than 20 lakh people of Bhatir district are ...

In the retail market of Sylhet, raw chillies are being sold for 1000 Tk per kg. However, raw chillies are available at Tk 600-700 per kg in the wholesale market. Customers are angry because of the sudden increase in the price of green chillies. It is known that the price of green chillies has been increasing for a week after ...

The low-lying rural areas of Sunamganj have been flooded as rivers in the district continued to swell over the past few days due to heavy rains and an onrush of water from the upstream. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of the Bangladesh Water Development Board warned that the Surma, Jadukata and Someshwari rivers could overflow within the next two ...