Sylhet

A court in Sylhet has granted a five-day remand for four suspects in connection with the brutal murder of six-year-old Muntaha Akhtar Zerin in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila. The decision was made by Sylhet Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-4 Judge Kazi Md. Abu Zaher Badol at around 3 PM on Monday. Earlier, the suspects were presented in court at 1:30 PM, where ...

Police have detained six individuals for questioning in relation to the murder of six-year-old Muntaha Akter Zerin from Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet district on Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police in Sylhet Rafiq Islam confirmed the detention on Sunday afternoon. The detained are Islam Uddin, Nizam Uddin, Nazma Begum, former tutor of the victim, Shamima Begum alias Marzia, and her mother ...

Police have recovered the body of six-year-old Muntaha, who went missing near her house on November 3, from a pond in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila. Muntaha Aktar Jerin was daughter of Shamim Ahmed, resident of Bharafoud village under Birdal union. Kanaighat Police Station’s OC Md Abdul Awal confirmed that the body was retrieved from the pond near her house around 4AM ...

Police arrested three people including a union parishad chairman from Joychandi  union area under Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday night. The arrested men are Abdur Rab Mahbub, chairman of Joychandi union; Awami League leaders Delawer Hossain Lebu and Lokman Miah. Police conducted a raid in the union and arrested them, said Md Golam Afsar, officer-in-charge of  Kulaura Police ...

The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has extended financial support to the families of 18 individuals who lost their lives during the student movement in Sylhet division. A total of 5 lakh taka was given to each family as a gesture of assistance. Donation checks were distributed to the bereaved families from 9:00 AM to noon on Saturday. Sarjis Alam, General ...

Six trucks loaded with 33,810 kilogram sugar smuggled from India were seized in Sylhet on Thursday. The police also arrested a youth, Md Hasan, 19, resident of Sunamganj’s Nagdipur village, for his involvement in smuggling the sugar, the police said. Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam told that a team of Detective Branch of the SMP set-up ...

Chinese national sentenced to 10 years in Sylhet for killing compatriot A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced Chinese national Xue Chao to 10 years in prison for the killing of another Chinese citizen in 2021. Shylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge Muhammad Habibur Rahman Siddique gave the verdict. The court also imposed a fine of Tk 1 lakh on the convict. According ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : Two college students died and three others, including a child, were injured when an autorickshaw overturned after losing control in the Bottola area of Kamolganj upazila of Moulvibazar on Wednesday morning. Syed Ifthekhar Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kamalganj Police Station, confirmed the matter. The deceased were identified as Abdullah Al Sayem (17) of Maizdihi in the Kalapur ...

Around 5,570 farmers in Natore’s Singra upazila and Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila have received free seeds and fertilizers for crops like mustard, wheat, maize, onion, khesari, peanuts, and lentils under the Agricultural Incentive Program for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Among them, 5,240 farmers from Singra upazila and 330 farmers from Dharmapasha upazila were given were given one kg mustard seeds, one ...

The BNP has approved a full-fledged committee of its Sylhet metropolitan unit today (4 November) after about 20 months of forming the council. Rezaul Hasan Kois Lodi has been made acting president, according to a notification signed by the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He served as councilor of the Sylhet City Corporation’s Ward 4 and joint ...