Sylhet

As part of the central program, the Anti-Discriminatory Students Movement staged a sit-in and protest at the main gate of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) on Monday afternoon. The program was organized to protest against the detention and coercion of the movement’s coordinators, the release of those missing or arrested, the withdrawal of false cases, and the killing ...

Rudra Sen was a gentle young man who had never attended a political meeting or march. His parents dreamt that when he came home from university, he would be an engineer. Instead, what came home was his body. The eyes that waited to see their son are now stricken by pain. The only sound in the grieving house is moans. ...

A teenager girl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar district on Sunday. The deceased Mahmuda Jannat Anisa, 19, was daughter of Shaista Mia and a resident of Gazipur village under Kulaura Sadar union. Citing the victim’s family members, Kulaura Police Station sub-inspector Anwar Hossain said Anisa went to her ...

    The families and relatives of the deceased who are staying in Sylhet have demanded an exemplary trial for the killing of Daily Jalalabad investigative reporter and Daily Naya Digant’s Sylhet correspondent / ATM Tura who were shot by the police in Sylhet. In a press conference in London on Friday, the family complained that the police are not ...

Police have arrested at least 139 individuals in 11 cases relating to violence and arson attacks during quota reform movement in Sylhet. Mohammad Saiful Islam, deputy-commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (media) confirmed the information on Saturday. Among the cases, six cases were filed in Kotwali police station, four in Jalalabad police station and one in Dakkhin Surma police station against ...

As many as 16,000 people have been sued in 10 cases in connection with various incidents of violence during the quota reform movement in Sylhet. The cases were filed separately at Kotwali, Jalalabad, and South Surma Police Stations under Sylhet Metropolitan Police. Mohammad Saiful Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, confirmed the information, adding that a total ...

Though the university administration had directed students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) to leave the halls by three pm today, they did not comply. They are continuing their protest, declaring that they will not leave the halls. UST authorities instructed the students to vacate the halls by 3 pm on Wednesday, after a syndicate meeting. Following this ...

Two teenage boys were killed and two others injured after their motorcycle collided with another motorcycle on the Zakiganj-Sylhet road in Kaliganj Ballah area under Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet district on Tuesday night. The deceased were Jahangir Hossain, 16, son of Abdus Sattar, resident of East Khorosti village in Darpnagar east union of Kanaighat upazila, and Marjan Ahmad, 17, son ...

Professor Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has been declared a persona non grata by the anti-quota protesters at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet. The students demanding quota reform in government jobs announced this at Goalchattar of the university around 2:30pm on Wednesday. Asadullah Al Galib, Coordinator of Anti-Discriminatory Movement at SUST, said anyone who will oppose their ...

Even a few days ago, in wholesale markets of the town, each kg of green chilli and tomato was sold at between Tk55-60 and Tk70-80 respectively. But last week, green chilli was sold at between Tk250-300, while tomato at Tk80-90 in wholesale markets. The same green chilli and tomato is now sold at Tk400 and Tk140, respectively. Prices of all ...