Sylhet

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in an anti-smuggling operation seized smuggled goods worth Taka 2.25 crore from different frontier areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts during the last 24 hours. A BGB team conducted drive in Pratappur, Sangram, Panthumai, Tamabil, Sonarhat, Kalairag and Banglabazar border areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts and seized the goods, said Lieutenant Colonel Md. Nazmul Haque, ...

The long-desired central truck terminal in Sylhet has still remained unused due to negligence of the truckers. The Tk250-million structure with a capacity of 1,200 trucks stands on nine acres of land in Sylhet city’s South Surma area. The construction work started in 2013 and the facility was formally inaugurated in 2019. The truckers as well as all others concerned ...

One individual died in a road mishap at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Ashikur Rahman Ashik, 52, a resident of Noagao village in the upazila. Ashik was a businessman by profession. According to locals, Ashik was heading towards Kulaura in a pickup truck from Shamshernagar airbase area carrying fish, sitting next to ...

A total of three Bangladeshi nationals were detained by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) today along the Lalarchak border in Sharifpur Union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila. The matter was confirmed by Lieutenant Colonel ASM Zakaria, commanding officer of Bangladesh Border Guard’s BGB-46 Battallion in Sreemangal. “Around 20 unidentified Bangladeshi smugglers had gathered near border pillar 1859/M of the Sharifpur BOP ...

Police have seized 1,230 kilograms of smuggled Indian cumin along with a motorized wooden boat from Tanguar Haor area at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district. The raid was conducted around 5:30 AM on Saturday at Bangalbhita Majherchhara area under Bonshikunda North union of the upazila. The operation was carried out under the direction of Madhyanagar Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Monibur ...

An woman and her daughter drowned after falling into a canal while begging at Madhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday. The incident occurred around11 AM when locals discovered two bodies floating in the canal at Galaikhali village in the upazila. The deceased were identified as Bilkis Akter, 28, a visually impaired woman abandoned by her husband and her two-year-old ...

A child died after drowning in a pond at Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Yusuf, 7, son of Azizur Rahman of Panishala village under Kamolganj municipality. According to locals, Yusuf fell into the pond back to their house when everyone in their house went for Jummah prayer. After some time, family started searching ...

A young motorcyclist was killed after his bike crashed into the rear of a truck in Sylhet’s Jaintapur Upazila on Thursday evening. The accident occurred around 7:30 PM on the Sylhet-Tamabil regional highway in Dema area of Darbast union. The dead Fahim, 19, son of expatriate Badrul Islam, was a resident of Dema village. According to eyewitnesses, the motorcycle was ...

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his elder brother over a longstanding land dispute in Sunamganj’s Bishwambarpur upazila. The victim Mojibur Rahman, 60, was attacked while offering prayer at a mosque on Wednesday night (July 16) at Chargaon village. Police have arrested the accused, Lutfor Rahman, in a special operation. Both the victim and the accused are sons ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Sunamganj unit has suspended a leader of Madhyanagar upazila unit BNP and served him a show-cause notice over his alleged involvement in seizing a houseboat forcibly. The suspended leader Mominul Haque Benu, was a joint convener of Madhyanagar upazila unit BNP. In a letter issued on Tuesday, signed by district BNP convener Kalim Uddin Ahmed Milon ...