Sylhet

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh. Starting on June 27, WFP’s Sylhet Field Office, in support of the relief efforts of government authorities, began distributing fortified biscuits to over 23,000 families to help them meet their immediate food and nutritional ...

More downpour is threatening to worsen the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar which has caused immense suffering to over a million people. With continuous rain submerging more villages and towns, thousands have sought refuge in flood shelters. In Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, about 1.25 million people have been affected by the flood. In Sylhet, low-lying areas of the ...

With five days still to go in the first monsoon month—June—the north-eastern district of Sylhet already recorded an amount of rainfall that was never seen in the month since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. All 13 upazilas in Sylhet is more or less affected by the ongoing flood that started about 10 days ago, ruining the joy of Eid for thousands ...

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations in the Sylhet division will no longer be postponed and scheduled to start on July 9 as planned as the flood situation in the division has been improved. Sylhet Education Board Chairman Rama Bijoy Sarkar confirmed the information on Wednesday afternoon. According to the board, the exams in four districts of Sylhet ...

Though the overall flood situation in Sylhet has improved, water levels at three points of the main Surma and Kushiyara rivers are still above the danger mark. According to the Water Development Board, as of 6pm on Tuesday, the Surma River’s water level at the Kanaighat point is 13 centimeters above the danger mark. On the other hand, the water ...

Police have arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with five kilograms of hemp from Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday afternoon. The arrested were identified as Masuk Mia, 50, from Diramchar village in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj District, and Samidul, 28, from Shambhuganj uttarpara village in Mymensingh Sadar upazila. Police said tipped off, a team of police conducted a ...

A child was killed as a truck rams her on the Sylhet-Sunamganj regional highway at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mariyam Begum, 7, daughter of Emadul Haque, a resident of Astama village under Joykalash union of the upazila. Citing locals, police said the accident occurred when a speeding goods-laden truck ran over the girl ...

A total of 1,000 hectares of Aush paddy and vegetable lands were damaged in the recent flood in nine upazilas of Habiganj district. According to the District Agriculture Rehabilitation Department, some 784 hectares of Aush paddy lands and 66 hectares of vegetable lands were damaged as those were inundated during the flood, reports UNB. The worst affected upazilas are Baniachong, ...

Water levels in various rivers across Sunamganj district have started to recede but the flooding has left a trail of destruction in the district. Approximately 4,000 metric tons of fish from 8,000 ponds have been washed away, and 1,700 hectares of Aus paddy fields along with 500 hectares of vegetables have been damaged . The flood was triggered by continuous ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Indian cosmetics and Nasir Biri worth TK 11 lakh from the  Doarbazar border area in Sunamganj on Saturday night. The goods were seized from the godown of Rabbil Miah at Chowdhurypara bazar under Banglabazar union in the upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Bastola BOP, Sunamgang Battalion (28 BGB), conducted a ...