Sylhet

A cotton godown was burnt down in fire incident in Bagbari area of Sylhet city of the district on Friday evenning at 3 pm. Police and fire service sources said the fire had originated from a heap of cotton godown owned by Kamal Bording and engulfed the whole godown. On information, a fire-fighting team from Sylhet fire service station rushed ...

Rab-9 recovered a pistol, from the Dhopaghat area in Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet on Friday afternoon. At a press conference in the afternoon, commanding officer of Rab-9, told the media about Friday’s operation. He said acting on a tip-off, Rab members conducted a drive in the afternoon and seized the pistol in the Dakshin Surma. The drive would continue, ...

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu is in favour of scrapping the practice of supplying gas through pipelines for use in vehicles and cooking purposes. No new licence for CNG filling stations should be given and renewal of the existing ones should be stopped, he says. He made the remarks during an interaction with the leaders of the Sylhet Chamber of ...

The supply of all kinds of vegetables in the city’s Subhanighat vegetable market has increased as vehicles including bus and truck are now running on the highways defying the nationwide nonstop hartal-blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance. Following the increase in supply, the prices of vegetables have come to the reach of Sylhet city people and the farmers, traders and ...

Sylhet city dwellers are facing serious sound pollution from hydraulic horns that are being used unabated in most of the vehicles here defying the Road Security Council’s ban. Moreover, the roadside restaurant and shop owners are playing songs in full volume using amps to attracted customers that is another prime reason behind the city’s sound pollution. This correspondent learnt that ...

A man who was injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over grabbing khas land in Gowainghat upazila on Monday died at Osmani Medical College Hospital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mainul Islam,40, hailed from Gurkochi village of the upazila. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital around 8 am, hospital sources said. With his ...

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, ...