Sylhet

The Border Security Force (BSF) of India has pushed in a total of 394 people through various border points in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts in the last 20 days, according to an estimate of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). The forcible expulsion of alleged illegal migrants — mostly Bangla-speaking Muslims — without due process, verification or diplomatic coordination is ...

The Border Security Force of India pushed 82 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Sylhet and Sunamganj on Wednesday. Of them, 66 were pushed in through four border points under Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet district and 16 through a border point under Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj, according to the Border Guard Bangladesh and police officials. With the latest ...

A student died after being struck by lightning at Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district. The incident happened at Boktarpur village under Lakshmipur union in the upazila on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, 16, a tenth-grade student at Liyakatganj School and College and son of Fazal Haque, a resident of the same area. According to locals, Amir ...

A local labour leader named Shihan Uddin, 38, was stabbed to death last night (27 May) in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet. Shihab Uddin was a resident of Khalopar village in Ward 6 of Rajaganj union and was the president of unit 9 of the same union of Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation, a labour organisation affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami. According to eyewitnesses ...

Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 21 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, through the Kamalganj border in Moulvibazar district. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained them around 7.45 AM while they attempted to cross into Moterbol border area under Madhabpur Union in the upazila. The arrested individuals have been identified as Md Belal Hossain, 45, and Rasheda Begum, 35, from Dewaber ...

A school teacher was killed and three others were injured when a land dispute turned deadly clash between two parties at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Monday. The incident occurred around around 11 AM at Bhashanigaon area under Madhabpur union in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Rozina Begum, 40, headmistress of Nabodoot Pathshala KG School and a ...

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 153 people into Bangladesh through the borders of Sylhet, Beanibazar and Moulvibazar, according to officials from the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). They were pushed into Bangladesh from Saturday night until 8am on Sunday, said Lieutenant Colonel Mehedi Hasan, commanding officer of BGB-52. BGB members detained all of them after they crossed into Bangladeshi ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from Dungria village of Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Fouzia Begum, 28, wife of Foyez Ahmed, a resident of the same village in the upazila. Confirming the matter, Shantiganj Police Station officer-in-charge Akram Ali said that locals spotted Fouzia hanging from the ceiling of her room ...

Twenty-one Bangladeshi citizens were detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday after they were pushed into Bangladesh from India through the Dona border in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila. The detainees include 12 men, four women, and five children, confirmed Lt Col Md Zubayer Anwar, commanding officer of BGB’s Zakiganj Battalion (19 BGB). “One of our patrol teams found them divided ...

An elderly man was killed and at least five others, including a woman were injured in a clash between neighbours at Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district. The incident occurred around 9:30 PM on Thursday night at Hajinagar village under Doahalia union in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Wahid Ali, 70, a resident of the same area. According to ...