Sylhet

Three people, including a teenage girl, were found dead in different parts of the district on Friday. Nazrul Islam, in-charge of Bandarbazar police camp under Kotwali Police Station, said a hotel employee was found dead at Sunflower Hotel in Dhopadighir Par in the city early Friday. The deceased was identified as Tera Mia, 34, son of late Jalil Mia of ...

A court here Monday sent three pro-Awami League lawyers to jail in the Juba League leader Abdul Ali killing Case. Session’s Judge Khandakar Kamaluzzaman passed the order when the trio surrendered before his court seeking bail. The lawyers are additional public prosecutor Mahfuzur Rahman, also publicity secretary of district Awami League, unit member Ajmal Ali and Habibur Rahman. Court sources ...

Police arrested a total of 196 persons, leaders and activists of BNP, its front organisations and Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh from different places here in the SMP area last 56 days, police sources said. Police arrested 196 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations and three leaders and activists of Jamaat for their alleged involvement with recent subversive activities committed ...

Police arrested a young man in possession of fake Bangladesh currency notes amounting to Tk 1,79,000 from Bodikuna area under Dakshin Surma thana in the Sylhet on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Lokus Miah (50), a resident of Fechugonj upazila in Sylhet district. He used to live in Bodikuna area under Dakshin Surma thana of the Sylhet. Mohsin, ...

The train movement on the Chittagong-Dhaka- Sylhet route resumed after two hours of disruption on Thursday. The train movement became normal at about 9:30am after a relief train from Laksam Railway Junction conducted the salvage operation. Earlier, Chittagong’s rail links with Dhaka and Sylhet was snapped when a hanger of the Chittagong mail train broke at 7am in between Gunoboti ...

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Kaichium village in Dharmapasha upazila here over electricity connection on Thursday morning. The injured were taken to Dhamapasha Upazila Health Complex. Locals said the supporters of Anwar Master and Shoib Ahmed locked in an altercation in the morning over taking electricity connection in the area. ...

Muggers shot a businessman wife and looted Tk 5 lakh at Brothers villa of Jalalabad in the Sylhet on Wednesday night. The victim is identified as Saima Begum, 30. Witnesses said Saima was admitted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH). O.C of Aireport police station, Gousul Hossain confirmed the matter. He said the muggers took away Tk 5 lakh ...

A court in Sylhet sentenced a man to death for killing his wife Wednesday. After investigating the case, Moynul Islam, district and session judge of Sylhet court sentenced him to death and fined him Tk 10,000. According to the prosecution, convicted husband Monsur Ali of Khittah Jalalpur village in Balagonj upazila strangled his wife Rotna Akhtar to death over family ...

Miscreants set fire vehicles in Moulvibazar on the fourth day of the 120-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. miscreants set fire to a bus in Bhobanigaon bus stand area of Juri Upazila around Wednesday 3:30am with no report of any casualty in the incident, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent. On information, a fire fighting unit rushed to the ...

Polythene shopping bags are being sold freely in the markets of the district, violating the ban imposed on its production, marketing and use. According to sources, a section of dishonest polythene makers in connivance with some unscrupulous traders are supplying the polythene bags to the markets in the excuse that coloured polythene bags are prohibited, and there is no ban ...