Sylhet

Four Awami League leaders and activists were arrested in India on Sunday in a rape case. The arrestees were identified as Nasir Uddin Khan, chairman of Sylhet district council and general secretary of Sylhet district AL; Alam Khan Mukti, president of Sylhet Metropolitan Jubo League; Ripon, vice president of Sylhet Metropolitan Jubo League; and Jewel, an AL activist. Shillong police, ...

An elderly man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident involving a speeding motorcycle in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday. The incident occurred around 12:30 PM near BRAC office at Mokambazar area on the Shamshernagar-Moulvibazar highway. According to police, the motorcycle, driven recklessly by a teenager and carrying another, was heading toward Munshibazar. The ...

A young man was stabbed to death and three others were critically injured in a clash at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district. The incident took place during a religious gathering at Gabi village under Selbarash union around 10 PM on Saturday night. The victim, Hridoy Mia, 20, a mason by profession, was from the same village and son of Akkas ...

Two people lost their lives, and 10 others were injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a truck in dense fog on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Nabiganj upazila, Habiganj. The accident occurred in front of Kandigaon Naima Filling Station in Debpara Union around 1:30am on Sunday. The victims, who were passengers on the bus, died at the scene, ...

Winter pitha at every corner of Sylhet .Pita traders are busy making and selling pitha in different areas of Sylhet metropolis. It is said that their income is also good during this time of winter. There are at least a hundred floating pitha vendors in different areas of the metropolis. They said that this business does not require much capital. ...

Tea workers in eight tea estates under the National Tea Company Limited at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar, refrained from work due to unpaid wages. Despite an earlier agreement to resume work on Friday (December 6) after receiving overdue wages, the payment could not be processed as the Bangladesh Bank did not issue a no-objection certificate, delaying a loan from the ...

Police arrested a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in front of Longla Modern Degree College at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday afternoon. The arrested BCL leader is SM Zaman, the former vice-president of the Kulaura Government College BCL unit. Acting on a tip-off, he was arrested by the police, said Md Golam Afsar, officer-in-charge of Kulaura ...

Trade activities through Chatlapur and Botuli customs stations in Kulaura and Juri upazilas of Moulvibazar have remained halted for seven consecutive days. Since Thursday morning (December 5), no cargo vehicles have passed through these stations. The disruption is attributed to protests by ISKCON members in India, effectively suspending all commercial operations at the two customs points. The suspension has raised ...

Southeast Bank PLC has extended its financial support under Special CSR Fund to Sylhet Agricultural University to facilitate research activities. The financial assistance was handed over to Professor Dr Md Alimul Islam, vice hancellor, Sylhet Agricultural University in Presence of Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director, Southeast Bank PLC. Md Masum Uddin Khan and Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, deputy managing directors ...

Customs intelligence officials at Sylhet Osmani International Airport seized 11 gold bars from a Dubai-Sylhet flight (BG-248) on Wednesday morning. The gold bars, weighing a total of 1.283 kilograms, were discovered abandoned inside the aircraft at around 9:50 AM. The market value of the seized gold is estimated at approximately Tk 1.37 crore, confirmed Bikash Chandra Debnath, Assistant Commissioner (Customs) ...