Sylhet

A vegetable vendor teenage boy was stabbed to death by miscreants in Sylhet city on Friday. Deceased Mohammad Ali, 17, was son of Nur Ali, a resident of Chararpar area in the city. He used to vend vegetables in the area. Quoting eyewitnesses, Subhanighat Police Outpost sub-inspector Shamim Uddin said some miscreants surrounded the teenage boy and indiscriminately struck him ...

The pineapple farmers of Sylhet region have expressed happiness with the bumper production of its early varieties and high prices amid the ongoing sultry summer heat. Farmers have got a good output of the early varieties of pineapple as the weather was good in Moulvibazar and its nearby districts this year, according to official sources. The farmers are witnessing good ...

Five private car passengers were killed after a collision with a truck in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila early Thursday. Of the deceased, four were the members of a same family. They met the tragic accident while returning home in Dhaka from Sylhet, it was learnt. The deceased were Jamal Mridha, 42, and his brother Khokon Mridha, 35, Jamal’s wife Kamrun Nahar, ...

Boro farmers in Sylhet region are not getting the fair prices of their produce thanks to market manipulation by the middlemen and wholesalers. The growers are frustrated as the middlemen and wholesalers are buying newly-harvested paddy from the fields as well as the local markets at low prices by applying various trickeries. Presently per maund of Boro paddy is being ...

A college girl was killed after being raped at her house at Dowarabazar upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday night. The deceased was Toma Akter, 16, daughter of Farid Ahmed, a resident of Pandargau village in the upazila. Police arrested accused Liton Ahmed, 20, on Tuesday morning after the accident. He admitted his involvement in the incident. Locals said Liton ...

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bahubal upazila in Habiganj district on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as the pickup van driver Hridoy Mia, 26, son of Bahar Mia, a resident of Baliari village under Chunarughat upazila, and helper Ripon Mia, 24, son of Shoab ...

Grief has engulfed the Sylhet house Abu Saleh Md Yusuf Jhony who was gunned down in New York’s Buffalo city on April 27. Another Bangladeshi named Babul Uddin, hailed from Cumilla, was also shot dead by gunmen at the same time, UNB reports. Yusuf’s family was shattered upon receiving the death news. Yusuf, son of Nurul Haque, a former member ...

A youth was killed in a road accident on the Habiganj-Shaistaganj road  at Bhangerpool area under Habiganj Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ratan Mia, 30, son of late Mannan Mia, a resident of Umednagar  village under the upazila. Locals and Eye witnesses said the accident took place when a Shaitaganj-bound motorbike collided head-on with a ...

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a forecast indicating rain or thundershowers in the Chattogram and Sylhet divisions within the next 24 hours, starting from 9:00 am on Sunday. According to the latest meteorological bulletin, Rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty or squally winds, are likely to occur at one or two places over the Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, ...

Three motorcyclists were killed as a truck rammed their bike at Jakiganj upazila in Sylhet district on Saturday midnight. The accident took place around 12am on the Jakiganj-Sylhet road at Barthakuri area in the upazila. 3 killed as truck rams motorcycle in Sylhet The deceased were identified as Delwar Hossain, 36, son of late Abdul Shukkur, Redwan Hossain, 26, son of Sad ...