Sylhet

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) has seized smuggled Indian goods worth Tk 5.5 crore from Chunarughat Upazila in Habiganj district. Confirming the incident through a press release, BGB-55 Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tanzilur Rahman said that they conducted drives in Satchhari and surrounding areas in the upazila and seized smuggled Indian goods. Smugglers managed to flee after sensing the operation was ...

The 138-acre Shah Arpin Tila in remote Companiganj upazila was almost levelled by the organised groups of stone looters during the last one year. However, the looting started during the last regime as political gangs were there and the administration failed to operate even amid protests. The looters were even detected by the government probe bodies, but nothing could be ...

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) has introduced the GenieA app, designed to make police services more accessible and allow citizens to request help or report incidents with a single click. SMP Commissioner Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury unveiled the app, which was first piloted on October 16 at Moglabazar Police Station and expanded to all five other Sylhet stations on November 16. Currently, ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-19) arrested a fugitive death-row convict from Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday. The arrested is Fazal Miah, son of late Ashab Ali of Adityapur village under Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj district. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB officials conducted a drive at Purba Jaflong area in the upazila and arrested Fazal. A RAB ...

A pregnant woman died during a c-section at a private clinic in Habiganj Sadar upazila on Friday, amid allegations of fatal medical negligence involving an unlicensed doctor. The deceased was identified as Nazma Akhter, 27, a resident of Baniachang upazila in the district. According to sources, the incident occurred on the operating table after anaesthesia was improperly administered during the ...

A parked ambulance of Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, Sylhet, and an abandoned bus have been torched. The incidents took place on Saturday night and early Sunday. According to CCTV footage, around 2:40AM, five youths, riding on two motorcycles, entered the parking of the hospital and set fire on the ambulance. Fire Service member rushed to the scene getting the information ...

Police arrested three alleged smugglers and seized a large consignment of Indian sarees from Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district early Friday. The arrested are Mannan Ahmed, 48 of Kolta village under Harirampur police station in Manikganj district, currently residing in Sylhet uposhahor, Nur Uddin, 32 of Khadimnagar area under Sylhet’s Shah Paran Police Station and Abdur Rouf Rubel, 32 of ...

Police have arrested a man with huge Indian goods during a special operation at a courier service in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday. The operation was led by Srimangal Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md. Aminul Islam, with Sub-Inspector Bablu Kumar Pal and his team conducting the raid at the S.A. Transport Courier Service office on Moulvibazar Road in ...

The government has issued the “Tanguar and Hakaluki Haor Protection Order” to safeguard these ecologically rich areas from environmental degradation. The order, promulgated on Monday, was enacted under Sections 22 and 27 of the Bangladesh Water Act, 2013, reinforcing the nation’s commitment to fulfilling its international environmental obligations, including those under the Ramsar Convention and the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...

Dharmapasha Press Club in Sunamganj district has formed a new two-year executive committee to lead the organization. The announcement came following a general meeting held on Tuesday at 3:00 PM in Upazila Parishad hall. During the meeting, Selim Ahmed, a representative of Dainik Sangbad, was elected as president, while Shakin Shah of Jaijaidin was elected as general secretary. Both were ...