Sylhet

A total of 108 trees of a diverse range of species, including akashmani, shilkoroi, mahogany, and olive, are to be felled on the premises of Shah AMS Kibria Municipal Auditorium in Habiganj town in the name of a beautification project. Adjacent to Habiganj Government High School ground, the lush green area provides shelter to different native species of birds, including ...

Sylhet has been marked as a region with an increased incidence of leprosy, a chronic infectious disease, despite the government having a massive programme with a target to eradicate it by the year 2030. The programme from the state side could not progress at the desired level here as the services at the specialised hospital for the disease in the ...

Two young men died after being run over by a micro bus in Sylhet city on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened around 5:30 pm in Malnichhara Tea Garden area in the city. The deceased were Mehedi Afnan, 32, hailed from Kulaura upazila under Moulvibazar, and Ashfakuzzaman, from Chunarughat municipality area in Habiganj. Police said deceased Mehedi’s motorcycle collided with the ...

Grameenphone (GP), with the commitment to building a Smart Bangladesh, proudly inaugurates its first “Tier III Standard Data Center” in Sylhet, a groundbreaking hi-tech initiative that sets new benchmarks in reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of network. Yasir Azman, Chief Executive Officer of GP, inaugurated the data center at a ceremony held in Sylhet on Tuesday, says a press release. Joining ...

All land ports and land customs stations of Sylhet division were closed for stone import for 23 days from last January 7. On Tuesday (January 30) morning, in a joint exchange meeting with the leaders of all land ports and land customs stations and the Commissioner of Customs Excise and VAT Sylhet Commissionerate, it was unanimously decided to start the ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Two people were killed as a truck rammed a motorcycle at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Tuesday afternoon. The accident took place at around 1pm in Begmanpur area under the upazila. The deceased were identified as the motorcycle driver Abu Sufiyan, 50, and its pillion passenger Narsing Bonaji, 35, both were residents of Fultola union of ...

With all the pre-election rumours “dispelled by the people”, the government’s main focus now is on taking the economy forward, says Salman F Rahman. The rumours included uncertainty about the polls and the formation of the new government, the prime minister’s advisor on private industry and investment said while speaking to journalists after a reception in Sunamganj’s Dirai Upazila on ...

An 18-year-old youth was killed and two others were injured in a collision between a motorbike and a bicycle in Akhalila area of Sylhet city on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Mabub Ahmed, 18, son of Kalmandor Ali of Kaligaon area of Sylhet city. The injured are the bike’s pillion rider Maruf Ahmad and bicyclist Hridoy. Both are ...

A two-day 45th National Science and Technology Week and Science Fair-2024 was inaugurated on Sunday in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila with the theme of ‘Science and Technology, Prosperity in Innovation’. The fair was inaugurated at the upazila parishad premises under the supervision of the National Science and Technology Museum patronaged by the Ministry of Science and Technology. A discussion was held ...

Hunters are indiscriminately killing and catching birds every day in the country’s largest ‘Hakaluki Haor’, which has spread in Sylhet and Moulvibazar district, ignoring government ban. Birds in well-known Hail Haor and Baikka Beel in Moulvibazar district have also fallen victims to hunting. Hunters usually use poison traps and set traps to kill birds. Hunting of birds in this way ...