Sylhet

The Speedy Trial Tribunal, Sylhet on Sunday deferred until July 6 the charge framing of the former Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. District and Sessions Judge Manir Ahmed Patwari, who is in-charge of the tribunal, passed the order this (today) morning. Twenty accused in the case, among 22, including former Habiganj municipality mayor Golam Kibrai Gaus and Mufti Hannan, ...

Water-logging and severe traffic jam during the monsoon are common scenario of Sylhet  city. Most of the city roads become waterlogged when it rains hard. Even moderate shower causes serious problems and creates water-logging in the city. City residents, environmentalists, city planners and experts blame policymakers for this situation. They hold the Sylhet City Corporations responsible for the problem, as ...

A minor boy, who had been kidnapped allegedly by their driver on Friday morning, was rescued from Sherpur area in Moulvibazar district in the afternoon the same day. The rescued boy was identified as Sakib, 5, son of Emran Ahmed of Kayostho village in Gopalganj upazila. AKM Fazlul Haque Shiblee, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Police Station, said Rony Shikdar, driver of ...

Police in a drive recovered 11 sharp weapons and three hockey sticks from inside a water tank of a residential hotel at Khasdabir in the city on Friday night. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a raid at the three-storey building of Hotel Shaheen and recovered the weapons, kept in a sack, from a water tank lying in an ...

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 287 bottles of ‘Officer’s Choice’ wine and eight bottles of Haywards beer from Chandranagar area in Companyganj upazila on Friday. Tipped off, a team of BGB-5 led by Habildar Harun-or-Rashid conducted a drive in the area around 8:30 am and seized the liquor and beer worth Tk4.32 lakh. The seized ...

Despite preparing a list of risky buildings, the authority of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) is yet to take any legal action against the buildings or owners of the installations. SCC identified a total of 30 buildings as highly risky in the city taking into consideration on the date of their establishment, experts said monitoring the present haphazard condition of the ...

Prices of vegetables including brinjal, imported ginger, green chili and fish went up in the city at the beginning of Ramadan, putting more pressure on the wallets of the city dwellers. Price of brinjal, a much desired item during Ramadan, jumped by Tk 20 to Tk 60 a kg on the first day of Ramadan. Price of parble(patal) soared to ...

Muggers looted Tk 4 lakh from a woman at Shibbari in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Thursday. Sources said Rozina Begum, wife of Abul Kashem of Kandebpur village in Moglabazar area, withdrew Tk4 lakh from Dakkhin Surma branch of Islami Bank around 2.00pm. A group of muggers, numbering 4 to 5, riding two motorcycles intercepted the CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying Rozina and ...

A heatwave sweeping across the country for the last couple of days made public life miserable in Sylhet city and elsewhere in the country. The high temperature that soars up over the last few days is aggravating the plight of the commoners. However, the heat wave might continue for two more days, says Met office. People are feeling 3 to ...

Fasting people swarmed the traditional iftar market at Sylhet to buy iftar items on Sunday, the 2nd day of Ramzan. The fasting month of Ramadan has begun, turning several localities in Sylhet virtually into open buffets with eateries flanking the streets. For those who will break the day-long fast at sunset, arrays of food stalls selling Iftar delicacies have been ...