Sylhet

Police launched an investigation after a video showing a teenage girl chained around her waist and tortured over theft allegations in Sylhet. The incident occurred on Monday around 7:00 PM at the D-Block Mosque Market area in Shahparan, Sylhet city. Local residents detained the girl, alleging she attempted to steal from a shop’s cash register. Witnesses reported that locals beat ...

Thousands of residents of Perua Madhupur village in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj have been waiting for a permanent road for nearly five decades. During the monsoon, they rely on a slippery bamboo bridge, while in the dry season they have to use rough and difficult paths. A visit to the area found the bamboo bridge particularly dangerous during rain, with ...

As dengue cases continue to rise across the country, Bashundhara Shuvosangho hosted an awareness-raising discussion at Chinakandi Government Primary School in Bishwambharpur of Sunamganj on Monday. The event was chaired by Jahangir Alam Bhuiyan, president of the Bishwambharpur upazila branch of Bashundhara Shuvosangho. Other speakers included the upazila branch’s General Secretary Shah Alam, Chinakandi Government Primary School Headmaster ABM Shahidul ...

A pregnant woman and her four-year-old daughter have been found hanging at their home in Sylhet’s Jakiganj. The deceased were identified as Champa Rani Das, 35, wife of Ratan Das, a jewelry businessman at Shahgali Bazar and a resident of Dashpara, and her four-year-old daughter, Hridi Das. Local Union Parishad Chairman Mostak Ahmed Chowdhury said, “Champa Rani Das and her ...

There have been allegations of an attack on a battery-powered auto-rickshaw in Shamshernagar, Kamalganj Upazila of Moulvibazar over extortion. Russell Mia, an auto-rickshaw driver was injured in an incident. The complaint states that the attack took place on the platform of Shamshernagar Railway Station around 8 pm on September 4. After receiving treatment, Russell Mia would then file a written ...

An unidentified man’s body was recovered from Sitab Jaldhara near Hamham Waterfall in the Rajkandi Reserve Forest in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila on Friday (September 4) morning. Several fishermen spotted the body floating in the Sitab water near Mokam Tila on Thursday afternoon and informed the local administration. Later, a joint rescue team comprising police, Fire Service and Forest Department personnel ...

By Masum Ahmed,  Jagannathpur, Sunamgonj :  Today marks the 17th death anniversary of M. Saifur Rahman, the renowned Bangladeshi economist, politician and former Finance and Planning Minister, whose contributions to Bangladesh’s economic development and public life remain deeply remembered. M. Saifur Rahman was one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and served as Bangladesh’s longest-serving ...

Local television journalists in Sylhet on Friday decided to boycott news coverage of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir and the local BNP, after several media workers were harassed by political activists at the Hazrat Shahjalal Shrine. Kobir, visiting Sylhet for the first time since taking office as state minister, offered prayers at the shrine after Jummah prayers. According ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a BGB personnel from Minatila Border Camp tower in Jointapur upazila of Sylhet district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jamil Ahmed, a member of Sylhet BGB-48 Battalion. He served at Minatila BoP. Mahbubur Rahman Molla, officer-in-charge of Jointapur Police Station, said Jamil might have hanged himself from the tower of the Minatila ...

SYLHET, Sept 1, 2026 : Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed today called for building a new Bangladesh committed to democracy, equality, human dignity and public welfare while preventing any recurrence of authoritarianism and fascism. He made the call while addressing a discussion organised by Sylhet District unit of BNP at Sylhet District Shilpakala Academy marking the party’s 48th founding anniversary. Salahuddin ...