Sylhet

 Sunamganj Correspondent : In Sunamganj-1 constituency, prospective candidates from the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are intensifying their grassroots campaigns ahead of the country’s next parliamentary election, tentatively expected by February 2026. The surge in political activity follows reports of a meeting in London between interim government chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, which has strengthened speculation ...

Four workers died and another fell sick allegedly due to toxic gas inhalation while working inside a septic tank at Harinchhara Tea Garden in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Rana Nayek, 17, Shrabon Nayek, 19, Krishna Rabidas, 20, and Nipen Fulmali, 27 – all workers of Harinchhara Tea Garden under Finlay Tea ...

Academic preparation was hampered by last year’s July uprising, contributing to a nationwide decline in SSC pass rates, said Sylhet Education Board Chairman Md Anwar Hossain Chowdhury today (10 July), as he explained the significant drop in his board’s results. According to results published today, the board’s pass rate dropped to 68.57% from 73.35% in 2024. The number of GPA-5 ...

Local people handed over a local leader Awami League, which is currently banned from running its activities, to the police after confining him in Sylhet early Wednesday. The AL leader, Pradip Roy, is the party’s Derai upazila unit general secretary and former chairman of the Derai upazila parishad in Sunamganj, according to the police. Jalalabad police officer-in-charge Mohammad Harunur Rashid ...

At least 28 people were killed and 48 others injured in 29 road accidents across Sylhet division in June, according to a report by Nirapad Sarak Chai (NISCHA) Sylhet divisional committee. Though road fatalities increased nationwide from May to June, Sylhet division saw a slight decrease in casualties during the same period. The report, published on Monday, stated that among ...

Seven new assistant proctors have been appointed at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). An office order confirmed the matter on Monday (July 7) evening which was signed by Acting Registrar Kalam Ahmed Chowdhury. It will take effect from the date of their accession. The newly appointed assistant proctors are: Dr. Md. Rasheduzzaman, Associate Professor of the Department of ...

An indefinite transport strike began in Sylhet on Tuesday morning, causing widespread suffering to commuters and passengers across the city. The strike was called on Monday evening by transport owners and workers at a press conference for a six-point demand including the removal of the Sylhet Deputy Commissioner and the reopening of all stone quarries. Transport leaders said vehicles carrying ...

Transport owners and workers in Sylhet have declared an indefinite strike across the district starting from 6:00 AM on Tuesday, demanding action on six major issues, including the reopening of stone quarries and amendments to the Road Transport Act. The announcement was made on Monday evening at a press conference held at a hotel in Sylhet city by the Sylhet ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned that any delay in holding national elections will only set Bangladesh further behind, stifling investment, eroding women’s safety, weakening the judiciary, and undermining law and order. He stressed that the country urgently needs an elected government backed by the people. Speaking on Monday afternoon at a prayer gathering ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his hope that the interim government will arrange the national elections in February. Speaking to reporters in Sylhet on Monday morning after visiting the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA), he said, “Democracy can be established and the country can move forward in the right direction through polls. The elections in February ...