Sylhet

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, who was attacked and beaten by unruly people while being produced before a Sylhet court, has been admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital with critical injuries. Manik, a retired judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, was sent to the hospital by the authorities of Sylhet Central Jail this evening, said ...

A court in Sylhet has sent retired Supreme Court justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik to prison. Earlier, he was taken to the court of Sylhet judicial magistrate-1 Alamgir Hossain at 4:10pm on Saturday (August 24). Witnesses said many people hurled eggs and shoes at Justice Manik when he was being produced before the court. Even, several people tried to attack ...

Retired justice of the Supreme Court AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik was detained at about 10:00pm when he was trying to flee to India through Dona border area under Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet district. He was later taken to the Dona BGB Camp. BGB’s public relations officer (PRO) Shariful ...