Sylhet

National Legal Aid Day-2015 was observed in the district through daylong programmes organized by the District Legal Aid Committee. The theme of this year’s National Legal Aid Day is “Door open for getting legal aid from the government.” A colourful rally, discussion meeting and a daylong fair was organized marking the day. District Legal Aid Committee brought out the colorful ...

The price of beef in Sylhet markets shoots up from Tk 350 to Tk 450 per kilogram, following an unofficial Indian ban on cow entering Bangladesh territory during the last three months. The shortage in supply of cow not only pushed up beef price but also caused price hike in mutton and broiler chicken. According to local sellers and purchasers, ...

Fire gutted 10 tin-roofed houses in Brommomoye bazar Bondor area in Sylhet city Tuesday. The fire might have originated from the oven of one of the houses and spread to the adjacent ones, Fire Service officials said. Fire-fighters doused the fire after an hour and estimated the damage at Tk 7 lakh.

A robber accused of several robbery cases was held from Baluchar area in Dakkhin Surma upazila under Sylhet district on early Monday. The arrestee was identified as Jakir Hossain, 25, son of Helal Uddin of Sharifabad village of Later, following the information given by Jakir Hossain, police seized a pipe gun, two round bullets and some lethal weapons from his ...

Police have recovered the Hanging body of a boy from Sreepur Undar jointapur area in Sylhet.The deceased is Liton Mia, 13, son of Habil miah, of guccogram village Undar jointapur area in Sylhet. Later, locals noticed Liton’s body and informed the police about the matter on Tuesday morning. On information, police recovered and sent it to Osmani Medical College Hospital ...

The trial run of the Sylhet -Shillong-Guwahati bus service will start from Dhaka on May 02 as decided by the Ministry of Roads and Highway and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After the beginning of Dhaka-Calcutta- Dhaka bus service, this is second effort taken by Bangladesh. According to the source of Ministry of Roads and Highways, both BD and India government ...

The Pathantula campus of Scholars Home School in Sylhet has closed down for a day after parents protested over cracks in the school building. The principal Jubair Siddiqi said one day is required to repair the cracks and declared Monday a holiday. However, he claimed the crack was not an aftermath of the earthquake. “The building has been constructed according ...

Bangladesh is ill prepared to tackle the aftermath of any strong earthquake. Five geological fault lines run through the country, exposing it to highly vulnerable of a major quake, say experts. They suspect that if an earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude occurred in any large cities, there would be a major human tragedy due to the faulty structures of many ...

Police arrested a leader of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal, the volunteer front of BNP, from Shahjalal Uposhohor area of the city on Sunday on charges of subversive act and vehicle torching. The arrested was identified as Joynal Ahmed, a leader of Sylhet city unit of Swechchhasebak Dal. Shakhawat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shah-Paran Police Station, said they arrested Joynal from the area ...

Police have recovered the decomposed body of a schoolboy from Malonichhora area in Sylhet. The deceased is Babul Mia, 12, son of Samsul Hoque, of Chargaon village and a class IV student of Dorshondoiri Government Primary School. Babul’s father Samsul filed a case with Sylhet Airport police station after his son went missing on Sunday. Later, locals noticed Babul’s body ...