Sylhet

Engineer M Sayed Ali, district Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami and a candidate for Moulvibazar-2 (Kulaura) parliamentary seat, has said that the upcoming national election will be one that reflects the hopes and expectations of the people. He emphasized the need for unity to build the nation and warned against conspirators working to divide the country. During a public gathering held on ...

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-9) last night arrested suspended BNP leader Shahab Uddin, prime suspect in the case filed over the looting of large-scale white stone from Sada Pathor area in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila. Shahab Uddin, former president of Companiganj unit of BNP, was arrested in Sylhet city’s Kumarpara area around 11:15pm, Rab said in a press release early today. The ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized smuggled Indian goods worth approximately Tk 18 lakh in separate operations along the Sylhet border. According to the 19th Battalion of the BGB, a special patrol team from the Lobachara BOP conducted an operation in the Mangolpur area of Kanaighat upazila at around 10:30 PM on Friday. During the drive, 42 bottles of Indian ...

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has confiscated smuggled goods valued at Taka 3.25 crore in separate operations in the Sylhet border area. According to a press release from the Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB), acting on tip-offs, members of the Tamabil, Panthumai, Sangram, Banglabazar, and Minatila BOPs conducted raids in the Haripur area of Jaintapur upazila yesterday and today, in the ...

Sylhet Police Commissioner Abdul Quddus Chowdhury today said that Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) is taking comprehensive initiatives to build a safe, smart, and modern Sylhet city and as part of this effort, an advanced technology-based mobile application, JINIA, will be launched on October 1. “Through the app, users will be able to access emergency police assistance with just one click. ...

A preparatory meeting on Sharadiya Durga Puja celebrations was held today at the office of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Sylhet. Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Md. Sarwar Alam presided over the meeting. Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Local Government Deputy Director Subarna Sarkar, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Padmasan Singh, former Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury were present, ...

Miscreants killed a 40-year-old man, who was an accused in 17 robbery cases, after slitting his throat at Noagaon village under Bahubal upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jamal Mia, son of Abdur Rahman of the village. Quoting the wife of Jamal, Zahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bahubal Model Police Station, said some 10/15 miscreants swooped ...

Police have recovered the slit-throat body of a young man from a paddy field at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district. The body was found near a mosque at Paschim Nandagram area under Patanuashar union in the upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Liton Mia, 27, son of Sattar Mia, a resident of the same area. According to ...

Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Abdul Baten, has been made accused of opening a college branch in Sunamganj’s Madhyanagar upazila by ignoring government policies and using fake certificates. An investigation revealed that the Layechh Bhuiyan High School was established in 2016 with funding from Qatar Charitable Society (Qatar Charity). Despite the funding, the school was named after Abdul ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in separate drives, seized smuggled goods worth Tk 1.25 crore from different border areas in Sylhet on Monday. Different patrol teams from Tamabil, Pratappur, Sangram, Panthumai, Damdamiya and Banglabazar BOPs, under BGB-48 Sylhet Battalion, conducted the drives and seized the goods, including Indian sarees, buffaloes, cumin, cows, onions, chocolates, body sprays, sugar, various types of creams, ...