Sylhet

Transport owners and workers of Sylhet called a strike on Sylhet-Jakiganj route for an indefinite period from Thursday morning, protesting the ‘disorderly’ movement of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) buses on the route. The transport leaders came up with the announcement on Sunday night following a joint meeting of Sylhet district road transport owners’ association and Sylhet district bus, minibus ...

At least fourteen shops were gutted in a fire at Dayamir Bazar in Sylhet’s Osmani Nagar upazila early Friday. No casualties were reported. Locals said the fire broke out at a shop in the market around 6am and it soon engulfed the adjoining shops. On information, one fire tender was pressed into service and it took them nearly an hour ...

A private university student has been found hanging with a ceiling fan at a dormitory in Sylhet city. Deceased Sharmi Rani Nath, 20, was a second year student of Computer Science and Electronics Department of Metropolitan University. She was daughter of Shatendra Chandra Nath of Sylhet. Sharmi Rani had been living at the female hostel for a year on rent. ...

A man and his son were killed in a collision between a microbus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Parchak Botratol Bazar under Zakiganj upazila in Sylhet Thursday morning. Several others were also injured in the accident that occurred on Sylhet-Zakiganj road at about 11:45am. The deceased are Folik Ahmed, 45, and his son Shahin Ahmed, 8. Witnesses said that Folik ...

Chhatak (Sunamganj) Correspondent : A man was killed and several injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Sunamganj’s Chhatak upazila over TikTok video. Police, however, detained 20 people from the scene. The four hours clash took place from 8:30pm on Wednesday to 12:30am on Thursday at Surma Bridge’s Goal Chattar area. Deceased Saiful Islam, 35, was son ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A mobile court in a drive fined a man Tk 1 lakh for lifting soil illegally from a cropland in Madhobpur Upazila of Habiganj district on Wednesday. Executive magistrate of the Upazila Rahat Bin Kutub led the drive in Sheulia area on Wednesday afternoon and fined a man named Md Amir Uddin. He said on information they ...

A man was killed in a road accident at Dakshin Surma in Sylhet district on Monday night. The dead was Mozammel Hossain, 55, hailed from Derai upazila in Sunamganj district. Witnesses said a speeding truck crashed the man while he was crossing the road in a Nazir Bazar area around 9 pm, leaving him dead on the spot. Dakshin Surma ...

The program announced by the Prime Minister is ‘Food Friendly Programme’. That is to sell rice at a rate of 10 taka per kg. Although it is in line with the market, it is now sold for 15 taka. Sunamganj is known as a food store. There has been a discussion about this food-friendly rice in Mallikpur from the district ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : A young man allegedly committed suicide at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Thursday evening. Deceased Md Mosobbir Hossain, 22, was son of Shafiq Miah, a resident of Noagaon village under Madhobpur union of the upazila. According to locals, Mosobbir was mentally imbalanced, for this reason his younger brother Motassir took him to a kabiraj. He drink ...

The police have been able to create an investment-friendly environment in the country by maintaining law and order and implementing a zero-tolerance policy against militancy and terrorism, according to Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. “As a result, foreign investors are drawn to this country. The country’s economy is growing,” he said. The IGP said these while inaugurating the ...