Sylhet

Three people have been killed after a CNG-run autorickshaw carrying them being rammed by a bus at Shayestaganj upazila in Habiganj district. The accident happened at about 6am on Sunday. The deceased were identified as the autorickshaw driver Rafiq Miah, 35, of Chunarghat upazila; Ziaul Haque, 36, son of Azir Hussain of Baniachang upazila; and Musa Miah, 64, son of ...

An army man was killed after a steel pipe fell on his head from an under-construction building of Sylhet City Corporation this afternoon. The deceased, Lance Corporal Delowar Hossain, was shopping at the City Super Market, adjacent to the building, said Sudip Das, additional deputy commissioner (media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police. According to sources of the city corporation, Delowar was ...

A young man reportedly committed suicide at Golapganj upazila in Sylhet district on Saturday morning. The dead was Shahed Ahmed, 35, a resident of Nalua village under Bagha union of the upazila. Locals said the young man committed suicide by hanging himself in his room early in the morning as his wife divorced him. Later, being informed, police recovered the ...

There are currently about two and a half million expatriates engaged in various professions in Kuwait. Among them, the number of expatriates from Chittagong Division and Sylhet Division is significant. The expatriates of these two categories have to go to Dhaka from Kuwait and wait for a long time to take another plane to their destination. Many times you have ...

Bangladesh Awami League nominated mayoral candidate Anoruzzaman Chowdhury has started his official campaign in the Sylhet City Corporation election. Soon after the allotment of Pratik, he started campaigning in Mendibagh and Suburban areas of the city. Today Friday (June 2) morning, immediately after the allotment of icons, he went to campaign with the leaders and activists. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, ...

Symbols were allotted from Sylhet Regional Election Office on Friday (June 2) morning. 7 candidates are competing for the post of mayor in the Sylhet city elections. They are Awami League nominated candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, Jatiya Party nominated candidate Nazrul Islam Babul, Islami Andolan Bangladesh nominated candidate Hafez Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Zahirul Alam of Zaker Party, independent candidate Mohammad Abdul ...

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that rain with gusty wind or thunder may occur temporarily in two places of the four divisions including Sylhet. This information was given in the weather forecast for the next 24 hours from 9 am on Thursday (June 1). According to the forecast, there may be rain with gusty winds or rain with thunder in ...

A vegetable vendor was stabbed to death in by some snatchers in Dhopadighi area of Sylhet early Thursday. The deceased, Govinda Das, 33, son of Goraddo Das of Shalla upazila of Sunamganj, used to live as tenant at Rankur Colony in Akhaliya Nayabazar area of Sylhet city. Locals said Govinda was going to a market to buy vegetables by a ...

SUST Correspondent : Professor Dr. Syed Ashrafur Rahman has been appointed as the new Head of Department of Political Studies (PSS) of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He will serve in this position for the next three years. Dr. Dilara Rahman, former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and professor of PSS, confirmed this information on Wednesday (May ...

A total of 7 mayors and 372 councilors are contesting the Sylhet City Corporation (CCIC) elections after scrutiny appeals and hearings. In Sylhet City Corporation elections to be held on June 21, one of the mayors, general councilors of 42 wards and 14 reserved ward councilors will be elected through voting. After the establishment of Sylhet City Corporation in 2002, ...