Sylhet

A man has been arrested and sentenced to prison for impersonating a candidate in a recruitment examination at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Habiganj district on Friday morning. The arrested is identified as Pranab Chandra Deb, a resident of Baniachong upazila in the district. According to police, Pranab was caught red-handed at the BIAM Laboratory School centre on Friday morning. ...

Police arrested two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for allegedly raping a female student and filming the incident. The arrested were identified as Shanto Tara Adnan and Swagato Das Partho, both students of the sociology department from the 2021-22 academic session of the university. According to university and police sources, the accused allegedly drugged the victim, ...

The Indian Border Security Force on Friday afternoon handed over the body of a Bangladeshi youth, who was found hanging from a tree just across the border in India’s territory, after 25 hours. The deceased was identified as 23-year-old Jakaria Ahmed, son of Ala Uddin of Lamagram village in Uttar Ranikhai Union, Companiganj upazila. According to local sources, Jakaria’s body ...

A three-day-long national fruit fair was held at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district on Thursday. The fair was organised by upazila Department of Agricultural Extension at their office premises with a slogan like “Eat more local fruits, let’s plant fruit trees.” The fair was inaugurated by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Robin Mia and was presided over by Chunarughat upazila ...

Three persons including a woman and her son were killed and dozens injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet today. The accidents took place at Sreerampur under Moglabazar police station on the Sylhet-Zakiganj road and at the Union Office Bazar of Zakiganj on the same road. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Zakiganj Police Station Zahirul Islam Munna said a microbus carrying a ...

Stone-related businessmen and workers in Sylhet have placed three key demands, including the immediate reopening of closed stone quarries. The demands were announced at a press conference held today (18 June) by the Sylhet District Stone-Related Businessmen Owners-Workers Unity Council. Speaking at the event, the organisation’s spokesperson Shabbir Ahmed Fayez presented a written statement, outlining their demands including immediate reopening ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in different drives seized smuggled goods and drugs worth about Taka 43 lakh in Sylhet and Sunamganj borders in the early hours of today. Different units of Sylhet BGB Battalion (48 BGB) conducted the drives at Banglabazar, Sonalichela, Kalasadek, Bichnakandi, Utma, Tamabil and Sreepur BOPs under the Sylhet BGB Battalion of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts and ...

Two alleged smugglers were held in an operation at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Monday night. The arrested were identified as Mukit Mia, 48 of Tilagarh village and Towahir Mia, 47 of Monohorpur village in the upazila. According to police, acting on a tip-off, a team of police led by SI Mithun Roy conducted a raid near Kathaltali bridge ...

Over 150 individuals, including leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal and Chhatra Dal, youth and student fronts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, have been sued on charge of staging a demonstration blocking the car of two advisers of the interim government in Sylhet on Saturday. Gowainghat police station officer-in-charge Sarker Tofayel Ahmed said that sub-inspector of the police station Obayed Ullah ...

Power connections to 25 stone crushers in Dhopagul area of Sadar upazila in Sylhet district have been severed. A taskforce committee conducted the drive on Monday, two days after the incident of blocking the motorcade of two government advisers in protest against the decision to permanently ban stone extraction leases in Sylhet’s Jaflong area. The taskforce committee, comprising police, Rab ...