Sylhet

Two people, including a former UP member, died in a clash between two groups in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj over land dispute. The deceased  were Habibur Rahman, 52, former UP member, and Helal, 25. According to police sources there had been a long standing dispute between Mujibur Rahman and Nizam Uddin over a land. The incident took place at ward ...

Police arrested a man with seven bottles of Phensedyl from Shamshernagar union of Kamalganj   on Tuesday night . The deceased was Abdul Mannan, 50, resident of Shingrauli Eidgalita village of Shamshernagar union. Officer-in-charge of Shamshernagar police outpost Shamim Akanji said a  team of police conducted a drive in the area around 10pm and arrested Mannan with the drug. A case ...

Two people were killed and four others injured after being hit by a bus in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday night. The deceased were easy bike driver Jewel Mia, 22, and pedestrian Asma Begum, 45. Osmaninagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mashudul Amin said the incident took place at Sherpur toll plaza area on Sylhet-Dhaka highway around 10:30 pm when a ...

A man was killed in a road accident at Sadar upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday afternoon. The accident took place at around 4 pm in Naiorpool area of the city. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Quoting witnesses, Sylhet Kotwali Police Station officer-in-charge Mohammad Ali Mahmud said a speeding truck from Kumarpara rammed into a ...

Sylhet City Corporation’s newly elected mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury paid tribute to Bangabandhu’s portrait at Dhanmondi number 32. On Saturday (June 24) afternoon, he reached Dhanmondi number 32 with party leaders and paid tribute by placing flowers at Bangabandhu’s portrait. Meanwhile, he expressed his special gratitude to Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, daughter of the ...

A total of 3,081 helpless families at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district were provided rice as a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. A distribution programme was held on the premises of Kamalganj municipality on Saturday morning. Moulvibazar-4 seat MP Dr Md Abdus Shahid was present as the chief guest at the distribution programme with ...

  The President of Redbridge Community Trust (RCT) and other officials have congratulated Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, joint secretary of the United Kingdom branch of Awami League, for being elected mayor in the Sylhet City Corporation election. On behalf of Redbridge Community Trust (RCT), President Alhaj Mohammed Ohid Uddin, General Secretary Shaheen Chowdhury, Treasurer Anamul Haque, Vice President Afsar Hossain Anam and ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a convict, who was sentenced to death for killing a rickshaw puller in 2015, from Sylhet after 8 years. The arrestee was Md Shafikul Islam, 26. RAB-3 senior assistant police super Farzana Haque said on September 10, 2015, the victim Shamim was returning home and the convict Shafikul and his associates obstructed his way. They ...

He did not have any workers in the election campaign. There were no people to put up posters. He did not walk that way because of lack of financial support. He did everything from the campaign to the polls alone. Poster pasting, leaflet distribution all done alone. Throughout the election campaign, his only vehicle was a bicycle, and he continued ...

Security of five mayoral candidates in Sylhet City Corporation (CCIC) elections is being forfeited. They are losing their security as they did not get one-eighth of the valid votes in the result The mayoral candidates who lost their collateral are Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Mahmudul Hasan (hand fan), independent candidate Abdul Hanif Kutu (horse), independent candidate Mohammad Chaluddin Rimon (cricket bat), ...