Police recovered three dead bodies including a woman from separate places in Chunarughat of Habiganj district on Thursday (August 29). Police and local sources said a man named Sumon Roy was electrocuted in a poultry farm in Gaziganj of Raniganj union under Chunarughat upazila. An unidentified woman was also found dead in Khowai river in Mirashi union on Thursday afternoon. ...
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Indian police hands over AL leader Panna’s body to family
Meghalaya police have handed over the body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, whose half-decomposed body was found inside a betelnut plantation in Jaintia Hills district bordering Bangladesh, to his family. The body was sent through Tamabil immigration post in Sylhet at about 11:30AM and Tamabil police received the body after legal procedure. Upazila administration, BGB and family ...
Read More »Youth’s hanging body recovered in Sunamganj
A 21-year-old youth’s body was found hanging from a tree at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday. Police recovered the body of Sheikh Shahid, 21, of Harinakandi village under the upazila, around 11 AM on Friday. Madhyanagar Police Station sub-inspector Bikash Sarkar confirmed the information. Citing the deceased family members, Bikash Sarkar said that the victim was suffering from ...
Read More »One killed in Sunamganj clash over land
A man was killed and at least 40 others were injured in a clash between two villagers over a land dispute in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on Thursday. The incident took place at Rafinagar and Mirzapur under the upazila in the afternoon. The victim’s identity was not immediately known. According to police and locals, there was a dispute over land between ...
Read More »Youth held with 105 gold bars in Sylhet airport
Custom Intelligence and National Security Intelligence (NSI) in a joint drive arrested a man along with 1,372 bhoris of gold from Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Wednesday. The arrested was identified as Hossain Ahmed, son of Nurul Islam of Goramarakandi village in Goainghat upazila of the district. Director of Civil Aviation of Sylhet Hafiz Ahmed confirmed the matter, adding that ...
Read More »Bangladeshi sustains bullet injury in BSF firing along Sylhet border
A Bangladeshi man sustained bullet injury in firing by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Sylhet’s Companiganj border on Monday night. The man was identified as Md Nizam Uddin, son of Alauddin, a resident of Bijoypara village under Uttar Ronikhai union in the upazila. He has been undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Locals said that smugglers ...
Read More »Another case filed against former justice Manik
A case has been filed in Sylhet against former Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik. Police filed the case at the Kanaighat police station under Passport Act for attempting to enter India, said Jahangir Hossain Sardar, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station. Manik was detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Friday night while allegedly attempting to cross ...
Read More »Coast Guard provides free medical aid and relief to flood victims in Moulvibazar
Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan, the media officer at the Coast Guard headquarters, shared this information on Monday, 26 August 2024. He mentioned that the Coast Guard has continued rescue operations, medical assistance, and relief distribution for those affected by the severe floods. As part of this effort, medical camps were set up in the flood-hit areas of Fulgazi in ...
Read More »Hasina tries to create confusion among countrymen staying in India: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is trying to create confusion among the countrymen by staying in India. “The works of building new Bangladesh have been started after fleeing the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on August 5 through student-people movement. Works are going on to build a real humanitarian Bangladesh by ensuring justice and ...
Read More »Justice Manik at ICU after surgery
Jailed retired Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital following surgery to stop internal bleeding from ruptured testicles. Manik sustained the critical injuries on Saturday after unruly people attacked him on the premises of the Sylhet court while he was being taken to a judge. ...
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