Sylhet

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has arrived in Sylhet on his first visit to the region since assuming office. Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon said he landed in Sylhet at 10am on Saturday on a private jet. He was received at Osmani International Airport by Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, Labour and Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury, Sylhet City ...

Commerce, Industries, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today said that the overall picture of the government’s ongoing development activities in Sylhet will become clearer during the Prime Minister’s visit tomorrow. “Development initiatives pledged during the election period have already begun in Sylhet. A comprehensive outline of completed and upcoming projects will be presented to the public during ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will go to Sylhet on a daylong tour tomorrow. During the visit he will inaugurate different projects and programmes. He will also offer prayers at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and address a public meeting. According to the tour schedule the premier will arrive Sylhet by air at 10:00 am tomorrow and at first go ...

A man allegedly stabbed his wife to death at Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday early hours. The diseased Farhana Begum, 32, was the wife of Sohel Ahmed of Baraband village at Lakshimprasad Pashchim union, police said. The victim’s brother Selim Ahmed told reporters that Sohel, a drug addict, regularly tortured his sister Farhana, whos is a mother of three ...

Three farmers were killed and three others injured in separate lightning strikes while harvesting paddy in haor areas of Sunamganj district on Monday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Jamir Hossain, 42, a resident of Boithakhali village under Gaurarang union, and Jamir Uddin, 46, of Abdullahpur village under Mollapara union in Sadar upazila. Another victim, Abu Saleh, 22, of Noagaon ...

Two more children died with measles-like symptoms in Sylhet on Sunday, raising the death toll to 10 in the region. A one-and-a-half-year-old child, Waziha, from Jagannathpur, died while undergoing treatment at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Besides, an eight-month-old infant, Taha, from Golapganj, also passed away in the same unit. The hospital’s director, ...

Moulvibazar Correspondent : There has been an alarming increase in the theft of trees and infrastructure at Mirtinga Tea Garden in Rahimpur Union, Kamalganj Upazila, Moulvibazar, under Deundi Tea Company Limited. Mirtinga Tea Garden Deputy Manager Rezaul Hayat Khan (Emon) confirmed the incident and said that a general diary has been filed with the police station on behalf of the ...

The police cancelled the approval for holding a week-long book fair at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar hours before its inauguration, fearing a deterioration of the law and order situation. The organisers alleged that the book fair was supposed to be inaugurated by the commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir on Friday morning, but Sylhet Metropolitan Police withdrew its permission for organising ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-55) seized Indian liquor and cannabis worth around Tk 1.7 lakh in separate anti-narcotics drives in Habiganj district. Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team of BGB officials from Sindurkhan BOP conducted a drive in Sindurkhan tea garden area and recovered 36 bottles of Indian liquor. On the same day, another patrol team from Satchhari BOP recovered ...

A total of 18 lightning arresters were installed in six upazilas of Sunamganj district costing several of crores of taka in 2023; yet there is no information that any of the devices could have prevented a single incident of lightning strike so far. In view of that, doubts are growing among the locals about the effectiveness of the devices. A ...