Sylhet

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Dr. Mohammad Abdul Momen has stressed an urgent need to align public intentions with real actions in the fight against corruption. Addressing a hall filled with service recipients, government officials, and representatives from various sectors at the 192nd public hearing of the held at the Habiganj District Shilpakala Academy, the Chairman said, “If we were to ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-48) seized smuggled goods worth about Tk 90 lakh from different border areas of Sylhet district on Sunday night. According to sources, several teams of BGB officials from different BOP conducted drives in the border areas of Sangram, Bichnakandi, Pratappur, Tamabil, Kalairag, Banglabazar and Sonali Chela in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts under the BGB-48 battalion. During the ...

A press conference was held with newly appointed Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner Touhiduzzaman Pavel on Sunday (23 November) at the DC office conference room. The event was organised by the district administration. More than a hundred journalists from print and electronic media in the district attended the briefing, where they raised issues related to local problems, development priorities and areas requiring ...

Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital have been embroiled in various controversies recently. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recently conducted a raid on the hospital on allegations of patient harassment, mismanagement, and corruption and found the truth. There is no end to the controversy in the public mind about this medical hospital due to extreme irregularities and mismanagement. Sylhet MAG Osmani ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will hold its 191st public hearing Sunday (23 November) at the Kabi Nazrul Auditorium here in the city’s Rikabibazar area. With the slogan “Youth united against corruption will build a purified future”, the ACC’s Sylhet Integrated District Office has organized the hearing to raise public awareness, enhance service quality in government and autonomous offices and agencies, ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) has seized smuggled Indian goods worth Tk 5.5 crore from Chunarughat Upazila in Habiganj district. Confirming the incident through a press release, BGB-55 Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tanzilur Rahman said that they conducted drives in Satchhari and surrounding areas in the upazila and seized smuggled Indian goods. Smugglers managed to flee after sensing the operation was ...

The 138-acre Shah Arpin Tila in remote Companiganj upazila was almost levelled by the organised groups of stone looters during the last one year. However, the looting started during the last regime as political gangs were there and the administration failed to operate even amid protests. The looters were even detected by the government probe bodies, but nothing could be ...

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) has introduced the GenieA app, designed to make police services more accessible and allow citizens to request help or report incidents with a single click. SMP Commissioner Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury unveiled the app, which was first piloted on October 16 at Moglabazar Police Station and expanded to all five other Sylhet stations on November 16. Currently, ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-19) arrested a fugitive death-row convict from Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday. The arrested is Fazal Miah, son of late Ashab Ali of Adityapur village under Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj district. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB officials conducted a drive at Purba Jaflong area in the upazila and arrested Fazal. A RAB ...

A pregnant woman died during a c-section at a private clinic in Habiganj Sadar upazila on Friday, amid allegations of fatal medical negligence involving an unlicensed doctor. The deceased was identified as Nazma Akhter, 27, a resident of Baniachang upazila in the district. According to sources, the incident occurred on the operating table after anaesthesia was improperly administered during the ...