Sylhet

Last August, 522 people were killed and 961 injured in 459 road accidents in the country, of which 21 people were killed in 19 accidents in Sylhet division. Among the dead are 64 women and 69 children. This information has been given in a circular issued by the Road Safety Foundation on Saturday. The report was also informed that Road ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that Father of The Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did everything possible to place the country on a solid foundation. Momen said this while speaking as the chief guest at an award-giving ceremony organised by Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) at the Sylhet Zila Parishad Auditorium on Friday afternoon. “Under Bangabandhu’s leadership, Bangladesh received ...

Three people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Jakiganj road in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Lutfur Rahman, 72, and his wife Joly Begum, 60, both residents of Golapganj upazila, and Yunus Mia, 28, of Jakiganj upazila. Lutfur Rahman, additional superintendent ...

SUST Correspondent : Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul Momen called on everyone to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to materialize Bangabandhu’s dream of building Sonar Bangla. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did everything for the nation that he had to do as the father of the nation. He said this at the opening ceremony for the expansion of ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A man was killed in a lightning strike at Sadar upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday morning. The dead was Fazar Ali, 42, a resident of Shafela village under Gourarang union. It was learnt that Fazar Ali was going to Fazilpur from his house in around 10 am. On the way, a lightning struck on him at ...

Gowainghat Correspondent : A school girl committed suicide at Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet district on Thursday evening. Deceased was Nadiya Akter, 10, daughter of Shah Alalm Miah, a resident of Sonatila village of the upazila. She was a second grader of a local primary school. Locals said Nadiya committed suicide by hanging herself in her room as her mother left ...

Snamganj Correspondent : A young man died from electrocution at Tahirpur upazila in Snamganj district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was Abdullah, 21, son of late Kaiyum, a resident of Bnodhpur village of the upazila. It was learnt that Abdulla came in contact with a live electric wire while walking on the roof of a building at Bagli Bazar, leaving ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Three diagnostic centers were sealed at Mdhyanagar upazila in Sunamganj district on Thursday afternoon due to irregularities. Of these, 2 diagnostic centers have been fined Tk 7000. Madhyanagar upazila nirbahi officer and executive magistrate Nahid Hasan Khan conducted a mobile court and sealed these. At that time, DG Lab of Upazila Sadar was fined Tk 2000 and ...

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has come forward to support 1,788 flood-affected families in Sunamganj district. EBL provided ActionAid Bangladesh with Tk 2 million for this initiative. In its turn, ActionAid Bangladesh and its local implementing partner Voluntary Association for Rural Development (VARD) distributed relief packages to the flood-affected families at Dakshin Badhaghat Union of Bishwamvarpur Upazila on Aug 27 and ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A case has been filed against Jhumon Das with Sunamganj’s Sullahu Police Station under Digital Security Act (DSA), hours after of his detention over a Facebook post. Sumonur Rahman, a sub-inspector of the police station, lodged the case against Jhumon on Tuesday night for “demeaning religion through his Facebook post.” Police picked up Jhumon from his house ...