Sylhet

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) recovered four air guns along with ammunition from Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district early Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a RAB-9 operational team conducted a search in a bamboo grove inside a mahogany garden around 1:15 AM in the Kamudpur area under Alinagar union in the upazila. During the search, they found four air guns wrapped ...

An elderly woman was killed after being hit by a pickup van in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Durjoy Shabdokar, 75, a resident of Surandpur village under Munshibazar union in the upazila. According to sources, the accident occurred around 4:30 PM in the Thakur Bazar area on the Kamalganj–Munshibazar road when a ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized smuggled Indian cumin worth approximately Tk 24.75 lakh from Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district early Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB officials took up a strategic position at the Jagdishpur Muktijoddha Chattar area in the upazila, about four kilometres inside Bangladesh from the border. At around 5:00 AM, they signalled a sand-laden ...

Mahdi Hasan, member secretary of Students Against Discrimination in Habiganj, was granted bail on Sunday morning, after around 14 hours’ of detention. Mahadi was shown arrested on Saturday night on charge of obstructing police to perform their duties. Meanwhile, leaders and activists of the SAD staged protests on the court premises, demanding his release. Police, army personnel and members of ...

SYLHET, Jan 03, 2026 : Information and Broadcasting Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said that a real election will be held in the country after many years where the government has no any partisan role. She made the remarks while inaugurating a training workshop on ‘Election-Time Journalism’, organized by the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) at Sylhet Press Club here. Chaired ...

Moulvibazar district, surrounded by haors, hills and tea gardens, is currently experiencing a severe cold wave, with tea workers and low-income labourers bearing the brunt of the harsh winter. Dense fog and icy winds have intensified suffering across the district’s 93 tea gardens, disrupting normal life. According to the Srimangal Meteorological Office, the lowest temperature in Srimangal was recorded at ...

Staff reporter : Voting was held at the club premises on Thursday, and the results were announced in the evening by Chief Election Commissioner Advocate Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam Muqtabis-un-Noor, Editor of Daily Jalalabad, has been elected President of the Sylhet Press Club, while Mohammad Serajul Islam, Sylhet Divisional Correspondent of the Dhaka Tribune, has been elected General Secretary. Voting ...

The BNP has reinstated Sahab Uddin, president of Companiganj Upazila BNP and former vice-president of its Sylhet district unit, restoring all his party positions, including primary membership, months after he was expelled over the Sada Pathor looting incident. The decision was confirmed in a letter signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today (1 January). According ...

Juri (Moulvibazar) Correspondent : The Silver Jubilee marking the 25 years of success of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) was celebrated with great enthusiasm and festivity at Agar Khasi Punji in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar. On the occasion, a two-day programme held on 28–29 December featured the unveiling of a magazine and a memorial monument, presentation of honorary crests, discussion ...

A daily wage worker died after the bank of a river collapsed on him while extracting sand illegally at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased, Bachchu Miah, 50, is son of late Habib Miah of Nayabasti village at the Goainghat upazila, police said. Local people said that a group of workers were illegally extracting sand from the bank ...