Sylhet

A court in Sylhet on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife over dowry in 2017. Judge Mohammad Shahadat Hosen of Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal passed the verdict. The court also fined the convict Tk 20,000. The convict is Monir Ali son of Late Wasid Ali of Additapur village of South Surma. According to the prosecution document, ...

Police in a drive arrested a man along with 192 Yaba pills from Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Tuesday evening. The arrested is Golam Sarwar, 31, a resident of Naria village under the upazila. Moulvibazar Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Mohammad Harunur Rashid Chowdhury said acting on a tip-off, a team of the police conducted a raid in the area ...

A young man was killed after being run over by a tractor at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet district on Monday night. The accident took place on Phurarpar-Murargaon road of the upazila at around 11 pm. Deceased Ashique Ali, 22, was son of Attar Ali, a resident of Murargaon village in the upazila. According to locals, the tractor veered out of ...

It has been raining in Sylhet since the beginning of Chaitra. A storm blows every night. The Meteorological Department has said that rain will continue throughout this month. There may even be floods towards the end of the month. Last year there was a terrible flood in Sylhet. Sylhet is affected by floods 3 times in a year. This time ...

Elections will be held in Sylhet and Rajshahi City Corporation on June 21. Also on May 25 in Gazipur, Khulna and Barisal City Corporation on June 12. This decision was taken at the 17th commission meeting held at the election building in Agargaon on Monday. After the meeting, commission secretary Mo Jahangir Alam announced the detailed schedule. Before that, the ...

Sylhet’s Kadmatoli Modern Central Bus Terminal was built at a cost of about 65 crores on the model of Sylhet’s traditional Assam style houses and Chandnighat clocks. Dhali Construction, a well-known contractor of the country, got the construction of this modern bus terminal funded by the World Bank. After construction, the bus terminal is now awaiting inauguration by the Prime ...

Two minor children drowned in a pond at Bahubal upazila in Habiganj district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were Jannat, 02, and her cousin Yasin, 04, — both hailed from Roghurampur village. According to locals, the duo slipped into the pond when they were playing beside the pond. Realizing their absence, family members started searching for them and found their ...

A bank employee died in a road accident at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. The accident took place around 8 am in Holichhara area under Brahmanbazar union on the Kulaura-Moulvibazar regional highway. The dead was Hriday Chaitri, hailed form Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district. He worked at Mutual Trust Bank in Sylhet. According to locals, the bloodstained ...

A college student allegedly committed suicide taking poison in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased Samapti Rani Baishnab, 20, daughter of Kalibashi Baishnab, a first year student Diploma Nursing of North East Nursing College in South Surma. She used to live at a rented hostel in Badikona area of South Surma. Police said Samapti took poison ...

An activist of Juba League, youth front of the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death by another activist of the organisation at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj on Tuesday night following a previous quarrel over formation of a mosque committee. The deceased, Layek Miah, 40, is son of late Abdul Mannan of Mandalibhog area in the Chhatak municipality, the police ...