Sylhet

A man was stabbed to death in public in Sylhet on Thursday night (August 7). The incident occurred around 11:30 PM near the city’s Queen Bridge area. The victim was identified as Dalim, 35, son of Lokman Mia from Merenga village in Mymensingh district. Police suspect that the killing was linked to a mugging attempt. According to locals, the attacker ...

A three-member team from Barlekha Government Degree College in Moulvibazar has secured first place at the national level in a graffiti competition held to commemorate the spirit of the July 2024 mass uprising. The team comprising Moazzama Labiba Binte Hamid, Amina Sultana, and Nusrat Jahan Riya — all second year science students — participated in the “24-er Range: Graffiti and ...

The deceased were Afsana Khushi, daughter of Dolowar Hossain, a first-year student of Sunamganj Textile Institute, and Sneha Chakraborty, a student of Sunamganj University of Science and Technology, daughter of Bipul Chakraborty and Joyti Chakraborty, Sneha’s father head teachers of Joykals village in Shantiganj Upazila. The other deceased was Shafiqul Islam, a resident of Alipara in the city. It is ...

A July fighter has allegedly been assaulted and driven out of a commemorative event in Sylhet honouring families of mass uprising martyrs and July fighters. A video of the incident has spread across social media platforms. Leaders and activists from the Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal immediately marched in protest following the incident. The event took place ...

As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank PLC. donated a Bus to Sylhet Agricultural University. Mohammad Ali, Managing Director & CEO of Pubali Bank PLC. handed over the key to Professor Dr. Md. Alimul Islam, Vice-Chancellor of Sylhet Agricultural University at a function organized at the auditorium of the university, according to ...

Long seen as the “London of Bangladesh” for its foreign earnings and opulent villas, Sylhet has been dealt a sobering blow. The country’s first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has revealed that the division is, in fact, the poorest in Bangladesh when measured by access to education, healthcare and living standards. Despite its image of wealth, due to generations of expatriates ...

Residents of Sylhet have been experiencing frequent power cuts several times a day for almost three weeks as Kumargaon power station shut for almost three weeks. Bidyut Acharya, assistant engineer of the Kumargaon power plant, said that engineers who have been on reviving it however, say that the station may resume operations within this week. The 225-megawatt power station at ...

A program called ‘Green school, clean school campaign in memory of July uprising martyrs in my eye’ was held to mark first July uprising anniversary at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Sunday afternoon. The program, organised by Sunamganj Zila Parishad and district administration was held in Madhyanagar BP High School and College’s hall room, with the commitment to build ...

A severe water shortage in Sunamganj’s Haor (wetland) region has led to a growing crisis in both agriculture and fisheries. The lack of water is destroying fish habitats and disrupting breeding cycles. Farmers are struggling with irrigation, causing a drop in crop production. Consequently, livelihoods in Haor communities are now at risk. Mamun Howlader, executive engineer of the Sunamganj Water ...

Seventeen government primary schools in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj are facing serious disruptions in academic activities as several teachers engage in legal battles to retain their positions as head teachers. According to the Upazila Primary Education Office, the affected schools were nationalized in 2013. The head teachers, at that time, appointed by school management committees were absorbed into government service ...