Sylhet

The board of directors of Lafarge Surma Cement Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend inclusive of 5 per cent interim cash dividend which has already been paid for the year that ended on December 31, 2014. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on June 11 at Raowa Convention Hall No. 1 (HELMET), VIP ...

The historic 7th March, a Red-letter day in the history of the Bangalees’ long arduous freedom struggle, was observed in the Sylhet district like elsewhere in the country on Saturday in a befitting manner amid much enthusiasm. On this day in 1971, great leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his epoch-making speech of independence at the Race Course Maidan, now ...

Nizam Uddin Saleh :: The ongoing blockade and general strikes of the BNP have largely hampered studies at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet. No classes and examinations have been held at the university for quite a long time, which have subjected the students to a long session jam. The length of the session jam at some departments ...

Police have raided the Sylhet home of Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect of writer-blogger Avijit Roy’s murder. No one was at home during the search at the city’s Munshiparha on Sunday morning. Farabi’s mother and sister have been living there for one year. The apartment was locked from the outside, said Sylhet Metropolitan police’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Rahmat Ullah. ...

Unidentified miscreants attacked on the residences of BNP leader Dildar Hossain Selim in Sylhet city on Friday night. The houses were attacked belonged to Sylhet district BNP formar Vice-President Dildar Hossain Selim Security guard Abdur Razzak, who was on-duty Ali Complex also claimed of seeing over four person took off on foot at Selim house. officer-in-charge of Sylhet Kotwali police ...

Despite a government direction to resume academic activities in Sylhet schools during the ongoing hartal and blockade, the schools are yet to be become fully functional. School authorities said that the parents and guardians are afraid to send their children to schools due to the risk of arson attacks. The teachers, however, hoped that the situation will improve from next ...

Bean farming is gradually becoming popular here as more and more farmers are cultivating the vegetable on their lands. The vegetable, produced aplenty, is supplied to the local market after meeting up the local demand. Sources said, farmers are passing busy times in harvesting bean from their lands. Farming of bean requires less cost and time, so a number of ...

A cotton godown was burnt down in fire incident in Bagbari area of Sylhet city of the district on Friday evenning at 3 pm. Police and fire service sources said the fire had originated from a heap of cotton godown owned by Kamal Bording and engulfed the whole godown. On information, a fire-fighting team from Sylhet fire service station rushed ...

Rab-9 recovered a pistol, from the Dhopaghat area in Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet on Friday afternoon. At a press conference in the afternoon, commanding officer of Rab-9, told the media about Friday’s operation. He said acting on a tip-off, Rab members conducted a drive in the afternoon and seized the pistol in the Dakshin Surma. The drive would continue, ...

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu is in favour of scrapping the practice of supplying gas through pipelines for use in vehicles and cooking purposes. No new licence for CNG filling stations should be given and renewal of the existing ones should be stopped, he says. He made the remarks during an interaction with the leaders of the Sylhet Chamber of ...