Sylhet

Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed after a pickup van fell into a ditch in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj. The incident occurred in the early hours today (22 March) on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Andiura area. The deceased were identified as pickup driver Ibrahim, 35, Sajib, 12, and his mother Asma Akter, 40. The identity ...

The Commerce Minister, Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, has said that commodity prices remained stable over the past month during Ramadan, noting that collective efforts helped keep essentials within people’s purchasing power. He made the remarks on Saturday morning while speaking to journalists after offering Eid prayers at the historic Shahi Eidgah in Sylhet. Describing the government as one backed by the ...

As like every year the largest Eid congregation in Sylhet will be held at the historic Shahi Eidgah ground here on Saturday. The prayer will begin at 8:30 AM, according to the officials. Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir and Labour and Employment and Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury along with people from various walks of life ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with hemp during a drive in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district early Tuesday. The arrested were identified as Mukhtar Mia, 29, Sakib Islam, 22 and Palash Tanti, 27, all residents of different areas of Chunarughat upazila. Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB officials from Shaistaganj camp took position ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Md Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Monday said re-excavation of canals would improve irrigation facilities and help increase agricultural production by two to three times in the country. He made the remarks while inaugurating the re-excavation work of Katagang canal at Anikeli Baro area under Giasnagar union in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila. The minister said the ...

Ongoing road expansion and repair works on the Brahmanbaria stretch of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway may trigger fresh traffic congestion during the upcoming Eid rush, officials and transport stakeholders warn. The situation is particularly concerning at the Ashuganj and Sarail Bishwa Road roundabouts where construction work continues. The highway from Ashuganj river port to Akhaura land port, stretching about 50.58 kms, ...

The throat-slit body of a teenager was recovered from a poultry farm at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Thursday night. The deceased Suman Miah, 17, who was a carpenter by profession, was son of Anwar Miah of Tritiya Khanda village at Fatehpur union under Goainghat upazila, police said. Local union parishad chairman Minhaj Uddin said that the poultry farm owner ...

A nor’wester in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upzila has disrupted power supply across the upazila, damaging three transformers and power lines. The impact of the storm that lasted for about an hour left the upazila in blackout since 12:30 noon. It was known that the nor’wester on Friday afternoon damaged the power lines uprooting trees and poles. Three transformers fell onto the ...

A mobile court fined three business establishments a total of Tk 2.2 lakh for preparing and selling food in unhygienic conditions in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Wednesday. According to administration, a team of officials led by Assistant Commissioner and executive magistrate Md Abid Hossain conducted a drive in different areas of the municipal town and fined three business establishments for ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has taken the initiative to resume flights on its suspended Dhaka-Sylhet-Manchester route from July 1, after Hajj flight operations come to an end. The decision was taken under the directives of the minister and state minister of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, considering the demand of passengers, Biman said in a release today. The flight ...