Sylhet

Moulvibazar Correspondent : A massive fire broke out at Nixon Shopping Market under Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday morning. Locals said the fired started on Saturday morning around 4.00 am and at least 43 shops and a parked truck were burnt in that massive fire. Locals informed Fire Service immediately after the fire broke out in the market. ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in several drives seized 157 bottles of Indian wine from border areas in Sylhet on Monday. A press release from BGB revealed the matter. The press release said acting on tip-off BGB members conducted separate drives at Companiganj and Gowainghat upazilas of the district and Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district and seized a total of ...

Oversized and illegal billboards erected across the Sylhet city by government and private organisations have become a cause for concern for the city dwellers, posing as potential death-traps during storms. The haphazard billboards along with their steel support structures often fell on pedestrians or vehicles during strong wind or storm, causing untold damage, injuries and even death. Deaths from billboard ...

Prices of fish have gone up in the Sylhet city’s kitchen markets on Sunday the 2nd day of the week. The traders blamed short supply of fish due to seasonal rain and increasing flow of water in rivers, canals and other water bodies. A Haque, a retired government official said, he paid Tk 350 for 500 grams of naturally grown ...

Most of the 25 government primary schools, many built nearly two decades ago in Biswanath upazilas of Sylhet District, are in bad shape and not suitable for holding classes. Several of these schools are used as shelters by people of the coastal area during natural calamities, like cyclones and floods. The affected primary and high schools are located in Biswanath ...

Police have detained a snatcher in possession with Tk14 lakh in Darshandeuri area of Sylhet. The detainee is Rabiul Islam Khaled. Police also seized chili power and sharp weapons from him. Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Rahmat Ullah of Sylhet Metropolitan Police said it being suspected that Rabiul is a member of snatchers gang. He is being interrogated at Kotwali police ...

A driver was killed as his truck collided head-on with another truck in the district on Sunday morning. According to sources, a fish-laden truck collided head-on with a stone-laden truck around 7.30am on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Deundi area of Shaistaganj. The deceased was identified as Ejajur Rahman alias Anarul (40), a man of Jessore district. Two people have also been ...

Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dirai-Madonpur road at Dakkhin Sunamganj upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Wasiur Rahman, 55, and Nepur Mia, 30, hailed from Purannayahat village of Chhatok upazila. The accident took place in the area when the driver of the truck lost control over its ...

Two people were killed by lightning in Dirai upazila on Saturday morning. The dead were identified as–Abdul Quader, 18, and Hari Bhakta Das, 45. Locals said, a thunderbolt struck Quader and Hari Bhakta at Bhatipara village and Mahtapur village when they went to the field to cut paddy, leaving them dead on the spot. Dirai Police Station OC Bayes Alam ...

Sylhet farmers are now worried as they could not harvest Boro paddy due to acute crisis of farm labourers. Traditionally, farm labourers harvest paddy in exchange of paddy, but this year they are not interested to harvest paddy because of lower price compared to previous years, said local sources. Farmers while talking to the Journalist said generally labourers from nearby ...