Sylhet

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Saturday announced that the government will soon introduce a ‘Probashi Card’ for Bangladeshi migrant workers in line with its election manifesto commitments. He also revealed that initiatives are underway to regularise the status of around 25,000 undocumented Bangladeshis currently living in Spain. Speaking to journalists at Sylhet Circuit House, according ...

Civil society representatives have demanded that 16 Garo families in Sadar Upazila, Sylhet, not be evicted without rehabilitation, as they live in fear of removal. The Garo families have been living in the Khadimnagar Union of the Upazila for 60 to 70 years. They have allegedly been threatened recently with eviction by a local housing company. Upon receiving the news, ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has said that his party achieved three major gains in the recent national election and is now preparing for what he described as a “second fight” in the upcoming local government polls. Shafiqur made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a “Shura and Executive Council Members’ Training Camp” organised by the Sylhet ...

Thirty underprivileged women from Sreemangal and Kamalganj upazilas in Moulvibazar have received sewing machines after completing a three-month tailoring training programme aimed at making them self-reliant. The initiative was organised by the Sreemangal and Kamalganj upazila units of Bashundhara Shuvosangho. The machines were handed over at a ceremony held on Friday at the auditorium of Sreemangal Udayan Girls’ High School ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook has said that the United Kingdom (UK) shares a deep and special relationship with Sylhet. “Sylhet’s relationship with the UK is very close because around 90 percent of Bangladeshis living in the UK are from Sylhet. Bangladesh’s ties with the UK are growing stronger day by day, largely due to Sylhet. The contribution ...

Two motorcyclists were killed and 3 others were injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Habiganj on Monday night. The deceased are Jasim Uddin, 18, a Class XII student of Goainghat Government College and son of Abdul Haque of Goshgram village under Goainghat upazila in Sylhet, and Payel Gop, 23, son of Bhanu Gop of Narayanpur village under Sadar ...

Bangla Mirror desk: With the holy month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitar, Karim Foundation Trust has distributed 10 lakh taka in cash to 200 families. On the 23 february  monday, 200 underprivileged families in Kishor pur, Pailgaon Union, Jagannathpur Upazila, including neighboring villages Khalishapara, Noapara, Mojahidpur, Ramapatipur, Ulukandi, and the surrounding villages, were given 5,000 taka in cash to each family. ...

At least 30 individuals were injured in a clash between two groups at Ajmiriganj upazila in Habiganj district on Monday afternoon over a dispute involving a cow grazing on farmland. The incident occurred around 3:00 PM in Mahtabpur village under Kakailcao union in the upazila. According to sources, a cow belonging to Dulal Mia entered a field owned by Liton ...

Abdul Qaiyum Chowdhury is the new administrator of Sylhet City Corporation. He is president of Sylhet district BNP. Former office secretary of the central committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, Abdul Qaiyum Chowdhury also served as organising secretary and vice-president of the central Jubo Dal committee. He was political secretary to former finance and planning minister M Saifur Rahman. He was ...

Commerce, Industries, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said that the government will continue working relentlessly to uphold religious harmony and ensure social protection in Sylhet. “To further strengthen the bond of harmony, we must work with greater unity in thoughts, spirit and practice, with sincerity and dedication,” he said. The minister made the remarks as the ...