Sylhet

Thousands of hectares of boro paddy in Sunamganj’s haor areas are under threat as severe waterlogging triggered by unusually heavy upstream rainfall continues to inundate croplands across the district. The situation has turned critical since the last week of March when excessive rainfall in upstream catchment areas caused rivers to swell and overflow, sending water rushing into the low-lying haors. ...

BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused certain political groups of misleading the public by claiming that BNP does not support the July reform agenda, asserting that his party has long stood for democratic values and political freedom in the country. He made the remarks on Saturday while speaking as ...

Widespread waterlogging in the haor wetlands of Sunamganj district has submerged thousands of hectares of Boro paddy fields following days of continuous rainfall, leaving farmers fearing major crop losses and financial hardship. According to district Department of Agricultural Extension, at least 1,189 hectares of land across 12 upazilas have already gone underwater. However, farmers say the actual extent of submerged ...

Owners of CNG, LPG and petrol pumps across the Sylhet division have called off their indefinite strike, bringing an end to uncertainty triggered by the sudden halt in fuel supply. Barrister Riasad Azim Haque Adnan, acting president of the Sylhet divisional committee of the Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association, disclosed the decision around 2:30am today ...

Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country was restored this afternoon, nearly 18 hours after several wagons of an oil-carrying train derailed near Montola Railway Station in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj. Md Abu Hanif Pasha, assistant executive engineer of Akhaura Railway Junction, confirmed the development to this correspondent. He said the derailed wagons were removed from the ...

A farmer lost his life after being struck by lightning while grazing cattle in Gowainghat upazila of the district on Wednesday morning. The deceased, Upendra Nam, 45, son of Rajni Nam of Chowdhury Kandi village in Nandirgaon union, was bringing his cattle to the Chowdhury Khal Naya Khadar field near his home around 9 am when the incident occurred. Local ...

Youth and Sports State Minister Aminul Haque on Wednesday urged calm, perspective, and progress over panic following Bangladesh’s defeat to Singapore, which failed to dent the government’s long-term sporting ambition. Speaking after inspecting Sylhet District Stadium, the former footballer insisted that wins and losses are part of sport and must be used as fuel, not frustration. “Defeat should not discourage ...

Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district. The accident took place on the Sreemangal–Moulvibazar highway in the Lamuya area of the upazila on Monday (30 March). One of the deceased was identified as auto-rickshaw driver Abdul Hannan, 50, a resident of the Bharaura area on the ...

The body of a businessman was recovered from a hotel in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mofazzal Haque Saurav, 32, owner of Tonni Kitchen, a hotel in Lamabazar area of the city. Saurav was staying in a room on the fifth floor of Relax Inn, a residential hotel in the northern part of Dhopadighi area, said ...

Organized smuggling syndicates are orchestrating a massive evasion of state revenue that threatens to dismantle Bangladesh’s domestic shaving blade industry, placing thousands of jobs at risk. Following the departure of a major multinational distributor, these criminal networks have flooded the market with contraband, forcing compliant manufacturers to endure huge losses and sparking an urgent call for government intervention to prevent ...