Sylhet

The government has issued the “Tanguar and Hakaluki Haor Protection Order” to safeguard these ecologically rich areas from environmental degradation. The order, promulgated on Monday, was enacted under Sections 22 and 27 of the Bangladesh Water Act, 2013, reinforcing the nation’s commitment to fulfilling its international environmental obligations, including those under the Ramsar Convention and the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...

Dharmapasha Press Club in Sunamganj district has formed a new two-year executive committee to lead the organization. The announcement came following a general meeting held on Tuesday at 3:00 PM in Upazila Parishad hall. During the meeting, Selim Ahmed, a representative of Dainik Sangbad, was elected as president, while Shakin Shah of Jaijaidin was elected as general secretary. Both were ...

A special operation by the Airport Police Station of Sylhet has seized illegal Indian onions worth Tk 220,000 and a DI pickup truck. The police have arrested one person in this incident. On Monday night (November 11), at around 2:50 am, SI Sheikh Md. Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Amberkhana Police Outpost, conducted a drive in front of Khasdbir Jame Mosque ...

Thirteen-year-old Chaiti Rani Deb, a physically challenged student from Bhunbiri Union of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is set to represent Bangladesh at the Asian Youth Para Games 2025 in Dubai, proving that courage knows no limits. Standing at just 3 feet 7 inches, Chaiti was born with a physical disability but has never let it define her. A Class VIII ...

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 ...