Sylhet

On a festive Thursday in Sylhet city, a convention hall became the setting for 126 new beginnings—where poor, orphaned, and financially struggling young men and women stepped into married life through a fully sponsored mass wedding. The event brought together couples who, despite being adults ready to start families, had long been unable to marry due to financial hardship. For ...

Sylhet district BNP on Friday organised a doa mahfil seeking the recovery and safe return of disappeared BNP leader and former lawmaker M Ilias Ali. The programme was held at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) Dargah Mosque after Jummah prayers, with participation of local BNP leaders and activists. Speaking as chief guest, Water Resources Minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said M Ilias Ali ...

The premises of Kadamhata High School in Moulvibazar’s Rajnagar upazila was transformed into a vibrant scene of celebration yesterday afternoon as current students, alumni and guardians gathered to honour a teacher whose decades of service left a lasting imprint on the community. Ranu Gopal Roy had joined the institution as an assistant teacher on January 22, 1995, and retired as ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said on Wednesday that the government will soon begin the teacher recruitment process. “Teacher recruitment and postings had been stalled due to different complexities during the previous government’s tenure. The recruitment process will begin very soon,” he said. The minister made the remarks at a views-exchange meeting with centre secretaries of the SSC and ...

Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury will inaugurate farmer card distribution in Juri Upazila of Moulvibazar tomorrow. Earlier, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate the farmer card distribution programme at Shaheed Maruf Stadium in Tangail Sadar tomorrow at 10 am, a handout said. The farmer card distribution is a big step towards implementing ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to resume flights on the Dhaka-Sylhet-Manchester route on 1 July following the completion of Hajj operations, aiming to ease travel for expatriates and meet growing passenger demand. The decision was made in line with directives from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and the government’s ongoing efforts to strengthen international connectivity, according to a ...

Preparations for Bengali New Year celebrations in Sreemangal are in their final stage, with a vibrant welcome ceremony and a colorful procession set to usher in the new year. The event is being organized by Sreemangal upazila unit of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha to celebrate Bengali New Year 1433. On Sunday afternoon, rehearsals were underway at District Council Auditorium, where ...

A team from the Embassy of Nepal in Bangladesh visited several medical colleges in Sylhet and interacted with Nepali students studying there on Saturday. The medical colleges include: North East Medical College, Jalalabad Ragib Rabeya Medical College and Sylhet Women’s Medical College. During the visit, the Embassy officials had separate interactions with Nepali students studying at these colleges, according to ...

An earthquake was felt in the Bangladesh-India border area near Sylhet. The tremor was experienced by locals on Sunday at 9:21am. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake originated in Silchar, Assam, India, with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale. Its impact was also felt in Sylhet and nearby border areas of Bangladesh. Earlier, on 7 ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir on Saturday said the market in Bangladesh will no longer be controlled by syndicates, vowing to eliminate the very notion of syndicate-driven pricing. “Such a concept — that markets are controlled through syndicates — will be erased from Bangladesh,” he said. The minister made the remarks on Saturday while inaugurating the country’s first direct farmers’ ...