Sylhet

A court here today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a murder case that was held in Nabiganj upazila of the district in 2009. Judge of Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal-3 Syeda Minhaj Um Munira delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon, said Additional Public Prosecutor Kamal Uddin Selim. The convict is Ankar Uddin, 50, son of late ...

Jamaat-e-Islami would seek an electoral understanding with like-minded parties, said the party Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday. ”We have not decided to form any alliance for the upcoming national elections.” Dr Shafiqur made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Sylhet Osmani International Airport this morning. “We will hold the elections in February 2026 with everyone, delays will create ...

Three individuals were killed and at least thirty others injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The identities of the deceased and injured are yet to be known. According to locals, the incident occurred at around 12 PM on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway near Kadamtoli area when a passenger bus travelling to ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK BNP President M. A. Malik and General Secretary Koysor M Ahmed have received BNP nominations for two seats in Sylhet division in the upcoming national parliamentary elections. M. A. Malik will contest under the symbol of rice sheaf from Sylhet-3 (South Surma-Fenchuganj-Balaganj) constituency, while Koychar Ahmed will contest from Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur-Shantiganj) constituency. During the 15-year Awami ...

A 20-kilometer road connecting Dharmapasha and Madhyanagar upazilas in Sunamganj district has become a nightmare for locals and farmers, as years of neglect have turned the vital route into a death trap—crippling transport, trade, and livelihoods across the haor region. The only road linking the haor-surrounded upazilas serves as the lifeline for hundreds of thousands of residents. Stretching across flood-prone ...

A man and his young daughter were killed and four others injured, in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car at Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Harun Mia and his 10-year-old daughter, Anisha Begum, residents of Khadimpur village of the upazila. The injured were Mukit Mia, 35, Rahima Khatun, 30; ...

Police recovered the body of a banned Awami League leader from the rooftop of his residence at Teligai village under Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet early Friday. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 55, vice-president of the South Surma upazila unit of Awami League. Quoting local people, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police Mohammad Saiful Islam said that ...

City dwellers have been suffering for about two years due to the worn-out condition of most of the roads in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC). Moreover, small and large ditches that formed or, worsened after this year’s rainfall have made their hardships “extreme.” Delay in securing ministry approval for a Tk 2.16 billion road improvement project is SCC’s main obstacle ...

Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) has launched Citizen Information Management System to enhance urban security, maintain law and order and combat crime in Sylhet city. A press release issued by SMP Commissioner Md. Abdul Quddus Chowdhury confirmed the development. Through this initiative, detailed information of homeowners, tenants, domestic workers, drivers, caretakers, mess residents and colony inhabitants of the Sylhet metropolitan area ...

HABIGANJ, a scenic district in the Sylhet Division of north-eastern Bangladesh, is renowned for its natural beauty, tea estates, historical significance, and vibrant cultural traditions. Often referred to as the “land of tea, hills, and rivers,” the district has long held a special place in the nation’s history and economy. Among its most defining features are the lush tea gardens ...