Sylhet

A bus has run over and killed a couple while they were travelling to Dhaka from Sunamganj on a motorcycle, police say. The accident occurred at 8pm on Sunday at Hajirbazar of Bhaluka on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. The victims were identified as Mojibur Rahman, 60, and his wife Hosneara Begum, 50, residents of Dharampasha upazila in Sunamganj district. According to ...

An activist of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, a student organisation of the Awami League, was arrested on Friday night on charge of participating in a flash procession that took place in Sylhet that morning. The arrestee was identified as Omar Faruk, 30, an activist of Sylhet city unit of the Chhatra League, police said. Sylhet Metropolitan Police additional deputy ...

By Bulbul Hasan: Some lives leave ripples; others leave radiance. Dr. A. K. M. Hafiz was one whose presence quietly brightened every space he entered — through his kindness, intellect, and profound belief in the goodness of people. To those who knew him, he was more than a physician; he was a healer in the truest sense — of bodies, ...

Tea production in Sylhet region is apprehended to suffer a massive shortfall this year due to drought-induced foul weather and high prices of fertilisers. Industry insiders anticipate the fall in tea yield while there’s no chance to achieve the year’s target as the main season of production has already been over. The year’s tea production target of 102 million kilograms ...

IFIC Bank on Tuesday organised a special workshop on financial literacy in Sylhet under guidance of the Bangladesh Bank, as part of Youth Festival 2025, said a press release. The workshop was held in collaboration with Sylhet Government Women’s College, at the college’s auditorium. College principal Bhubanjoy Acharjee chaired the event. BB Sylhet Office executive director Khaled Ahmed was present ...

The centuries-old Maha Raas Leela, the most significant and sacred festival of the Manipuri community, concluded at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar distric on Thursday morning with vibrant music, dance and devotion. The event, celebrated on Kartik Purnima full-moon night, drew thousands of visitors from across Bangladesh and abroad. From early Wednesday, men, women and children from different regions gathered in ...

A court here today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a murder case that was held in Nabiganj upazila of the district in 2009. Judge of Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal-3 Syeda Minhaj Um Munira delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon, said Additional Public Prosecutor Kamal Uddin Selim. The convict is Ankar Uddin, 50, son of late ...

Jamaat-e-Islami would seek an electoral understanding with like-minded parties, said the party Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday. ”We have not decided to form any alliance for the upcoming national elections.” Dr Shafiqur made the remarks while speaking to reporters at Sylhet Osmani International Airport this morning. “We will hold the elections in February 2026 with everyone, delays will create ...

Three individuals were killed and at least thirty others injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj district on Tuesday afternoon. The identities of the deceased and injured are yet to be known. According to locals, the incident occurred at around 12 PM on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway near Kadamtoli area when a passenger bus travelling to ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK BNP President M. A. Malik and General Secretary Koysor M Ahmed have received BNP nominations for two seats in Sylhet division in the upcoming national parliamentary elections. M. A. Malik will contest under the symbol of rice sheaf from Sylhet-3 (South Surma-Fenchuganj-Balaganj) constituency, while Koychar Ahmed will contest from Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur-Shantiganj) constituency. During the 15-year Awami ...