Sylhet

Criminal offences like killing, women and child repression, abduction, burglary, riot, mugging and drug peddling have risen alarmingly in the Sylhet district, signalling deterioration of law and order and causing concern among the people. According to sources, a total of 145 crimes occurred during the last Four months whereas 200 criminal offences took place during the time last year. As ...

Five persons were held with 15 liters of wine and 180 pieces of Yaba pills from Goinghat upazila under Sylhet district and Sutabazar area of Habiganj district early Saturday. Members of Rapid Action Battalion-9 (RAB), Detective Branch (DB) of Sylhet police and Goinghat Thana police held them in separate drives. The arrestees were identified as Alim Uddin, 50, son of ...

Speakers at a seminar on Saturday made recommendations to enhance trade and commerce relations with India overcoming the existing barriers through discussion, as Bangladeshi products have a good demand in the neighboring country. Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) jointly organized the seminar on “Rules of Origin for GSP, SAFTA, APTA, KPT and BIMSTEC: ...

Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and valuables worth about Tk 25 lakh from two houses here early Saturday. Locals said a gang of armed robbers entered the Block-C, House No. 323 of one Beerai Mia under Khojaer Khala area in Dakkhin Surma upazila around 4:00am breaking the door and looted 25 grams of gold ornaments, cash, mobile phone sets and ...

Director of health Dipartment (Administration) Dr Ahtesamul haque Chowdhury called for ensuring good health of children for building up a prosperous Bangladesh. He said this while inaugurating Vitamin A plus campaigning as the chief guest at a health center on Saturday here. Facilitating the volunteers and supervisors who involved in this service oriented programme, He reemphasized that mortality rate of ...

Four villages under Dakshin surma upazilas in the district were brought under rural electrification network yesterday by Palli Biddut Samity (PBS) Sylhet, an organization of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB). Alhaj Mahmudussamad Chowdhury MP formally inaugurated the electrification switching on separate buttons of the electric boards set up in the four villages for connecting those with the rural electrification network. ...

Police arrested an alleged top terrorist in possession of a pistol from Sheikhghat area in the city on Saturday evening.The arrestee was identified as Tiger Jamal. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Sohel Ahmad said on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in Kalapara Betpali area and arrested Jamal at about 7:00 pm. Later, the law enforcers also ...

Scores of restaurants in Sylhet divisional city are rampantly selling adulterated and stale food items which are injurious to public health.  After consuming such food items, many people in the city and other places who are dependent on these restaurants are attacked with various diseases, including stomach-related disorders. Likewise, drinking water served in the restaurants and food shops are reportedly ...

Thirty-five teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), who had earlier resigned from their posts over ‘misconduct’ of the SUST vice chancellor, revoked the decision yesterday, The decision was taken after a meeting between the protesting teachers and acting vice-chancellor of the university Ilias Uddin on the university campus yesterday morning, said SUST acting proctor Md Emdadul Haque. ...

Senior Judicial Magistrate court of Habigonj on Thursday upheld an arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in a mudslinging case filed for his derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after he failed to appear before it. Nishat Sultana, Senior Judicial Magistrate, passed the order around 12:30pm. According to the local source, Tarique delivered disparaging speeches about Bangabandhu ...