Sylhet

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP distributed Iftar items among the helpless, poor and underprivileged people in different districts of Sylhet range on the first day of Boishakh (Bengali New Year) following the instructions of its director general. Iftar items were distributed among hundreds of people in four districts including the Sylhet district commandant office of Sylhet division. Sylhet division’s deputy director ...

Ending all speculations, UK Awami League joint general secretary Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury has been appointed as the boatman in the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections. It is known that Awami League’s Local Government and People’s Representative Nomination Board meeting was held at Ganabhaban, the Prime Minister’s official residence, on Saturday at 11:00 am. In this meeting, the names of Sylhet’s ...

Two people were killed and three others injured as a pick-up van rammed into a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district on Friday evening. The accident took place near to Shutki Bridge in the upazila at around 5.30 pm. The deceased were Majnu Miah, 40, and Noor Jahan Begum, 50, residents of Rosulpur village of Ajmirganj upazila ...

A man was allegedly hacked to death by his nephew at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district on Friday evening. The incident took place at Khagaura village under Khagaura union in the upazila at around 7 pm. The deceased was identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 40, son of Moshahid Miah, a resident of of the village. According to locals and police, Shahin ...

The foreign minister expected harmony and non-communal Bangladesh by attending Mangal Shobhajatra in Sylhet. AK Abdul Momen. He said, the new year will be one of harmony and tolerance. Stop throwing mud and it will be a beautiful country. Regarding the upcoming elections, the minister said that the government wants a free and fair election. Here the government does not ...

Police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 12 bottles of foreign liquor from Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Wednesday night. The arrested is Md. Forman Kha, 26, a resident of Karthikpur village in the upazila. Madhyanagar Police Station officer-in-charge Md Jahidul Islam said acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a raid in ...

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Baniachong upazil in Habiganj district on Wednesday evening. The incident took place at Tophkhana village of the upazila at around 5 pm. The deceased was identified as Asma Akhtar, 22, wife of Anu Miah, a resident of the village. Quoting family members, police said the housewife took poison following family dispute ...

Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, who is visiting United Kingdom, met BNP Acting Chairman Tarek Rahman. A responsible source of UK BNP confirmed that their meeting was held at a venue in London’s Kingston area on Monday (April 10). It should be noted that like other city corporations across the country, BNP has remained steadfast in its decision ...

A total of 10 people have bought nomination papers of Awami League to fight for the post of mayor in the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections. Among them, nine are Awami League leaders and one is a known face of sports. They collected nomination papers from Awami League President Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office in the last ...

Police recovered the body of a 70-year-old man, who went missing in the Kushiyara River on Sunday, from the river at Golapganj upazila in Sylhet district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Diresh Das, 70, hailed from Bagla Chhayghari village of Badepasha union of the upazila. According to family members of the deceased, on Sunday around 4:30 pm, Diresh ...