Sylhet

A 17-year-old boy died after being attacked by an elephant at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur this morning. The deceased was identified as Zahid, son of Azad Ali. Azad Ali is a mahout of the zoo and a resident of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila. This incident happened on Thursday around 11 am, said Dr. Rafiqul Islam Talukder, director at the ...

A woman died and 30 others were injured in a fire that broke out at PRAN-RFL Habiganj Industrial Park on Wednesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Akhtar Hossain, superintendent of police of Habiganj, said the woman worker died after she jumped off the roof of the building to escape the fire. The fire broke out ...

To support severely impacted businesses—especially those relying on imports for raw materials—amid a shortage of US dollars in Bangladesh, IFC is investing $30 million in the Pran Dairy Limited and the Habiganj Agro Limited, both part of the PRAN Group. It aims to improve the resilience of the food processing market while creating jobs, fostering gender diversity, and strengthening the ...

On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan and upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, food items were distributed among the helpless people in Moulvibazar district on Saturday initiated by Bangladesh Army. Food items include- rice, pulses, flour, soybean oil, sugar, powdered milk, Semai and salt. Brigadier General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Sylhet Cantonment attended as the chief guest at the programme organized ...

In Sylhet city, frequent power outages are affecting the daily lives of its residents and the local economy. The city has experienced severe load shedding in recent days, impacting traders and disrupting the water supply managed by the city corporation. Experts attribute the problem to a significant shortfall in power supply. The Sylhet region faces a gap, with demand ranging ...

A fisherman died after being struck by lightning at Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Sochindra Bishwas, 35, son of Suresh Bishwas, a resident of Vuzna village under Surma union. According to locals, a thunderbolt struck on Sochindra while he was fishing at Konskhai haor around 11:00 pm, leaving him critically injured. Locals ...

An elderly woman and her granddaughter were killed after a truck hit the motorcycle carrying them at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday night. The accident took place in Pagli area under Joykalash union on the Sunamganj-Sylhet regional highway at 10pm. The deceased were Samsunnahar Begam, 65, and her granddaughter Zannat, 13, both hailed from Tolbausi village at Derai ...

Alim Uddin, a day labourer from the Badaghat area of Sylhet Sadar, saved some money to purchase Eid clothes for his daughter. However, he has been compelled to use the money to buy corrugated tin sheets as his house was damaged by the severe hailstorm that wreaked havoc in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on the night of 31 March. “The ...

Former vice-chancellor, former acting registrar, and 56 other officials of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Medical University in Sylhet were sued for corruption and irregularities in recruitment. On Monday afternoon, Ismail Hossain Emon, deputy assistant director of Sylhet divisional office of the Anti-Corruption Commission, lodged the case against Ex-VC Morshed Ahmed Chowdhury and former acting registrar Naimul Haque Chowdhury and others ...

A retired army man was killed after being hit by a sand-laden shallow engine run tractor on the Madhabpur-Mantala road at Madhabpur upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday. The accident happened around 7.20am in Rajnagar area under the upazila. The deceased was identified as Yakub Ali, 50, son of Majid Ali, a resident of Samajdipur village under Chaumuhani union of ...