Sylhet

A total of 132 centers, out of 190, of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) have been identified as important (risky). SCC has prepared the list of ‘risky’ polling centers by the information given by the law enforcement agencies. All the centers in 18 wards of the city have been identified as vulnerable. The Sylhet city election is scheduled to be held ...

Flood situation in low-lying areas of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Moulvi Bazar districts is likely to worsen, said a bulletin of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre on Saturday. According to the weather forecasting agencies, there is a chance of heavy to very-heavy rainfall in the North-Eastern region and adjoining upstream region of the country in the next 48-hours. As a ...

Awami League mayoral candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury announced 21-point election manifesto in Sylhet City Corporation election. He announced this manifesto in the hall of Hotel Nirvana Inn in the city on Saturday (June 17) around 1 pm. At that time Awami League presidium member Syeda Jebunnesha Haque, organizing secretary Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadle, executive member Azizus Samad Azad Don, Sylhet District ...

A fisherman while fishing in Sunamganj and two barrack workers while extracting sand from the river were killed by lightning. Today Saturday (June 17) these three people lost their lives in separate Dirai and Biswambhpur upazilas during the morning storm. The deceased are Abdul Malek, son of deceased Abdul Latif of Daulatpur village of Dirai upazila of the district, Salim ...

A man was killed as lightening strike on him in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Selim Miah, 30, a resident of Baktarpur village in the upazila. According to locals, a streak of thunderbolt struck on Selim when he was catching fish in a haor adjacent to his house, leaving him dead on ...

A clash broke out between locals and the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) following an altercation over entering into the campus in Sylhet city on Friday. The incident took place in front of main gate of the university at about 5.00pm. Traffic movement on Sunamganj-Sylhet road was halted when locals took position in Akhaliaghat area and ...

A child died in a lightning strike at Shrimangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday afternoon. The dead was Emon Mia, 12, son of Malek Mia, a resident of Alisarkul village under Bhunbir union of the upazila. Witnesses said a lightning struck on the boy near Chowmuhana Mill at around 12 pm, leaving him injured. Family members rescued him and ...

An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude jolted Bangladesh on Friday morning. Bangladesh Meteorological Department confirmed the information. The quake was felt in several parts of the country around 10:46 am, BMD reported. The epicentre of the earthquake was located around 23 km southeast of Sylhet, at a depth of 10 km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). People took ...

Two people were killed in two separate lightening strikes in Chhatak and Dowarabazar upazilas on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Amir Ali, 45, hailed from Noarai village in Chhatak upazila and Md Ismail Hossain, 42, an inhabitant of Aruahai village in Dowarabazar upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Chhatak police station Md Mainul Jakir said Amir Ali was struck by a thunderbolt ...

Hundreds of cattle in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet district have contracted lumpy skin disease — causing grave concern among farmers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Some 300 cows infected with lumpy skin disease have died in the upazila; cattle farmers and those who rear cows at home are facing huge losses as a result. Sources said, the viral disease has been noticed ...