Sylhet

Moulvibazar Correspondent : An unidentified young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Sunday morning. Deceased’s identity was not found immediatley. According to locals, a Sylhet bound inter-city ‘Upaban Express’ train ran over the man, leaving him dead on the spot. Kulaura Railway Police Station officer-in-charge Jahanara Begum said locals saw ...

Two suspected drug peddlers have been arrested along with 19 bottles of foreign liquor from Madhyanagar upazila of Sunamganj district. Madhyanagar Police Station officer-in-charge Md. Jahidul Islam said acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a raid at about 3.15 am in Rajendrapur village on Saturday and arrested Md. Shopon Miah, 32, and Md. Lakhab Miah, 22. They ...

A teenage boy died from electrocution at Kulaura upazila in Kishoreganj district on Friday evening. The dead was Saiful Mia, 14, son of Kuti Mia, a resident of Jabda area under Bhukshimail union. It was known that the boy came in contact with live a electric wire in his house in the evening, leaving him dead on the spot. Kulaura ...

Flight operations at Sylhet Osmani International Airport have resumed three hours into closure of the runway after the wheel of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight got punctured just before taking off. Bangladesh Biman’s flight (BG-208) took off the runway at the airport at about 4:10pm on Friday (February 3). Earlier, the tyre of the wheel of Dhaka-bound Boeign 737 aircraft ...

The runway of Sylhet Osmani International Airport has been closed after the tyre of a wheel of an aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines got punctured just before it started to take off. The incident happened at 1:15pm on Friday in a Dhaka-bound aircraft of Bangladesh Biman from Sylhet, the authorities said. There were 143 passengers on board the aircraft. Fortunately, ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested 11 gamblers in separate drives in Sadar and Chunarughat upazilas of the district last night (Thursday). The arrested were identified as Fazlu Mia, 55, son of Abdul Mannan, resident of Swarnarekh village of Chunarughat upazila, Parash Ali, 35, son of Akbar Ali, resident of Narpati village, Jamal Mia,40, son of Abul ...

A tense situation has prevailed in Sylhet city over the divisional rallies of ruling Awami League and the opposition party BNP to be held on Saturday. BNP will hold its rally on city’s Registry Ground at 2pm and after one hour the ‘Peaceful rally’ of Awami League (AL) is scheduled to be held at Central Shaheed Minar in the city ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A police constable was beaten to death by a youth at Baniachaung upazila in Habiganj early Tuesday allegedly for asking the youth not to consume hemp. The deceased was identified as Zahangir Alam, 45, a constable of the Markulibazar outpost of river police at Baniachaung upazila in Habiganj, the police said. Local residents said that Pulak Das, ...

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A man was burnt to death in a fire that originated from a collision between two trucks at Parairchak in Sylhet city on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sabuj Mia, 20, a helper of a truck driver in Chuadanga district. Razaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Moglabazar Police Station, said the truck caught fire on Sunday morning as it crashed into ...