Sylhet

Trade between Bangladesh and India through several ports in Sylhet district has been suspended for three consecutive days due to protests by an Indian organisation ‘Sanatani Oikya Mancha’. The organisation staged demonstrations in Sribhumi Karimganj area of India, halting all commercial activities at key border points. The protests, which began on Monday, disrupted trade at Zakiganj Customs Station, a key ...

At least 30 individuals were injured and 10 others sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups in Sunamganj’s Dirai upazila over territorial dominance. The incident occurred in Rarail village of Kulanj union on Tuesday evening. The gunshot victims, including individuals aged between 23 and 65, are Muhibur Rahman Chowdhury, Anju Chowdhury, Sohel Chowdhury, Juel Chowdhury, Akmal Chowdhury, Konor ...

Ongoing protests in India related to the Chinmoy Krishna Das issue have caused a standstill at two land ports and two customs stations in Sylhet, Bangladesh. As a result, imports have decreased at another land port, and goods worth crores of taka are stuck at both sides of the border. This disruption has led to significant losses for businesses. The ...

Two motorcyclists were killed in a head-on collision with a pickup van in Mosuria area of Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar on Monday. The accident occurred on Monday night near Mosuria Madrasa on the Rajnagar-Fenchuganj regional highway. The deceased were identified as Sakin Ahmed, 19, of Haldigul village and Rafi Ahmed, 21, of Suprakandi village, both from the Uttarbhag union of ...

Thousands of workers are grappling with extreme hardship due to the prolonged closure of the country’s largest stone quarries in the border areas of Sylhet, particularly in the regions surrounding Bholaganj, Jaflong, and Bichnakandi. Despite a recent High Court order allowing stone extraction using traditional methods, the quarries remain shuttered, leaving the local workforce in despair. The quarries in Bholaganj, ...

A court in Sylhet has scrapped two cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on sedition charges in 2014. Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court Justice Sagir Ahmed passed the order on Sunday (December 1). The court’s additional public prosecutor Abu Fahad said that two Chhatra League leaders, the plaintiffs in two cases filed against Tarique Rahman on charges of sedition ...

The body of a madrasa student was recovered from the Kushiyara River in Beanibazar upazila of Sylhet on Saturday afternoon. Salman Ahmed, 14, a student of Jameya Dinia Madrasa and a resident of Angura Muhammadpur village, drowned on Friday while bathing in the river near the Old Madrasah Kheowaghat area, according to Md Sabed Ali, officer-in-charge of Beanibazar Police Station. ...

Once the indigenous varieties of paddy were cultivated on a large scale in haor areas in Sunamganj. But with the passage of time the native paddies have almost disappeared thanks to the arrival of high-yielding hybrid varieties. Local farmers and others involved with agriculture blamed the growing dominance of multinational companies and hybrid paddy cultivation. Just two decades ago, the ...

All kinds of import and export activities with India through Chatlapur Land Customs Station in Moulvibazar district have remained suspended. No goods carrying trucks or vehicles could not go through Chatlapur Land Customs Station from Thursday (November 28) morning. On Wednesday afternoon, members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), stopped the Chatlapur Land Customs Station-bound road at Koilasahar ...

A court in Sylhet sentenced a father and his two sons to death on Monday for the murder of a businessman in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet district. The convicted individuals are Abdus Sabur Putul of Hasampur village and his sons Fahad Ahmed Rahi and Abdul Momin Roni. While Abdus Sabur Putul is currently in jail, his two sons are still ...