Sylhet

Habiganj Correspondent : A 55-year-old caretaker of a water pump was stabbed dead allegedly by miscreants in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj district early Friday. Lal Miah was a resident of Jhirunda village under the upazila. Locals and police said the victim used to work as a guard of a water pump operated to water cropland in Bawa Haor. Like other ...

Police in a drive arrested two men along with 52 Yaba pills from Brahmanbazar area under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Thursday night. The arrested were Md Sohag Miah,19 and Md Kamal Mia, 26, residents of Kadipur union of the upazila. Kulaura Police Station officer in-charge Md Abdus Salek said acting on a tip-off, a team of police led ...

Water governance and the engagement of youth are crucial for future existence, said the speakers at the 8th International Water Conference held during 23-25 January 2023 in Sylhet. The conference, organised by ActionAid Bangladesh under the theme “Water and Rivers for Life and Living: The Role of Youth,” brought the youth groups, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and practitioners, to a common ...

Five hours after enforcing an indefinite strike, Sylhet District Transport Oikya Parishad called off their strike on Monday upon assurance from the local administration about meeting their demand. They went on strike demanding the release of Chhatra Dal leader Ali Akbor Rajon, who was arrested in a sabotage case. They withdrew their strike around 11am, said Mainul Islam, president of ...

Police on Sunday recovered the hanging body of a school teacher at Sadar upazila in Sunamganj district. The dead was Sonali Paul, 32, daughter of late Nibaran Chandra Paul, a resident of Jamaipara area of the upazila. She was an assistant teacher at Muktakhai Government Primary School in Shantiganj Upazila. According to police, the teacher used to live alone in ...

Bangladesh saw a slight improvement in lowest temperature in 24 hours, till 6 am on Sunday, though a mild cold wave is sweeping over several parts of the country. The country’s lowest temperature was recorded at 8 degree Celsius at Tetulia and Srimangal in 24 hours, till 6 am today. The highest temperature was recorded at 29.6 degree Celsius in ...

Foreign Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) from Sylhet-1 Constituency Dr AK Abdul Momen today inaugurated the dredging of the Surma River in Sylhet involving Taka 50 crore. The work was formally inaugurated this morning by the minister at Chanpur area of Moghal Gaon union of Sadar upazila. Many people of the district, officials, public representatives and political leaders were ...

One of the injured in Friday afternoon’s fatal road accident in Sylhet died at Osmani Medical College Hospital, raising the death toll to three from the accident. Md Rezaul succumbed to his injuries around 8 am while undergoing treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, said Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Moglabazar police station under the Dakshin Surma upazila. Earlier this ...

Two people were killed and four other people injured as a speeding truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Dakshin Surma upazila of the district on Friday afternoon, police said. The deceased—auto-rickshaw driver Babul Miah, 65, and passenger Anhar Miah, 45, are from Charlapur area of Balaganj upazila in the district. The injured passengers are Rezaul, Sona Miah, Rozina and ...

Sreemangal of Moulvibazar district recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 5.6°C, in 24 hours till Friday morning. The lowest temperature in Sreemangal was recorded at 2.8 degrees Celsius on February 4 in 1968, Mujibur Rahman, an officer at the Srimangal weather monitoring station, said. Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 ...